Government tax revenues surge by 52%
In the past Iranian calendar year (began on March 20, 2024), the Iranian government's total tax revenues reached 1,229,000 billion tomans (approximately $14.13 billion), representing a 51.7% growth compared to the previous year.
Official reports from the country's statistical authorities indicate that total government tax revenues amounted to 1,229,000 billion tomans during the 12 months of 1403, ISNA reported.
This is while total tax revenues in the 12 months of 1402 (began on March 20, 2023) were 810,782.4 billion tomans (approximately $9.32 billion), indicating that the government's tax revenues last year grew by 51.7% compared to the year before.
Mohammad Hadi Sobhaniyan, the head of the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA), announced, "The tax-to-GDP ratio increased from 5.7 percent in 1400 (2021-22) to 8.3 percent last year, and tax's share in the public resources of the budget has risen from below 30 percent to about 50 percent."