The total taxes paid by Iranian people in the first three months of the current calendar year (March 21–June 21) has posted a 41% year-on-year rise, according to a senior official with Iran’s National Tax Administration (INTA).
Mojtaba Amiri, the director of INTA’s Department for Planning and Statistics, told IRNA on Sunday that Iran’s tax receipts hit 137,188 billion rials ($274.9 million) in March-June period.
He said that the figure registered a 41% growth compared to 97,554 billion rials ($195.5 million) reported in last year’s corresponding period.
The official noted that the amount of taxes collected so far meets 73% of the tax revenues envisaged in the country’s annual budget.
Under the pressure of Western sanctions, Iran is determined to cut reliance on oil revenues and raise its tax income.