E-Platform to Screen Bank Deals in Iran

The Iranian National Tax Administration unveiled the first phase of an electronic platform to monitor banking operations.
Citing the IT department of the tax office, Tasnim News Agency said a bylaw has been notified to tax offices across the country to henceforth oversee bank transactions through the platform. 
As per the bylaw, which is the first stage of a comprehensive plan to control big bank transactions in line with efforts to fight tax invasion. Earlier the taxman announced that it planned to bring under closer scrutiny transactions above 50 billion rials conducted inside the country. 
As per rules on curbing tax fraud and evasion, INTA is allowed to dig into transactions conducted over the past five years.
“INTA can go back five years to look into transactions of those who possibly concealed their [real] income,” said Omid Ali Parsa, the head of INTA. 
However, looking into big transactions does not necessarily mean all transactions will be taxable, Parsa reiterated, stressing that deals that have nothing to do with potential tax liability will be disregarded.
Tax collectors reportedly focus on three categories of bank transactions. 
First are those who do not cooperate with the tax authority and refuse to play by the rules. The second are those whose misdeeds and violations are verifiable in commercial records, such as bank accounts, commercial cards and fake ore doctored  invoices. 
INTA says it is keen on digging deeper into bank transactions of those reportedly involved in, or under suspicion of, corruption, money-laundering and other financial crimes. 
Amid the economic slowdown, coronavirus lockdowns and unprecedented decline in oil exports, the government is counting on tax as a major source of revenue and to this end new tax categories have been introduced.