IRICA’s tax collection up 45% in 10 months
The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said the country’s customs revenues in the first four months of the current Iranian year to late January has reached the equivalent of some $2.8 billion.
Mohammad Rezvanifar said the figure - more than 1,575 trillion rials - shows a 45% increase in the total customs revenues collected from imported goods compared to the same period last year, IRNA reported.
Rezvanifar said revenues collected from import tax on automobiles, mobile phones, worth over $600 per unit, and 23 other items had amounted to more than 785 trillion rials ($1.4 billion) in the 10 months to late January, up 79% compared to the same period last year. During the same period, the official added, the value-added tax collected from imported goods had also totaled 790 trillion rials.