INTA Takes Firm Step Fighting Tax Evasion

The payment regulator has suspended services to three million POS terminals and online payment gateways after the users failed to abide by tax rules required by the Iranian National Tax Administration.
“Blocked payment tools are out of a total six million POS terminals whose owners are not identified taxpayers by the INTA,” Mahmoud Alizadeh, the INTA deputy chief for legal affairs, told state TV.
The measure is in the framework of law to tax transactions via POS terminals and payment gateways, which came into effect in mid-January. As such, businesses wanting to apply for POS or other payment gateways have to first file their tax returns and those who already own the gadgets are automatically liable to pay tax.