Tax Evasion & Avoidance at $4 Billion p.a.: INTA Chief

The aggregate volume of tax evasion and tax avoidance in Iran stands at 1,000 trillion rials ($4 billion) per year, the head of the Iranian National Tax Administration said.
“Tax gap [the difference between the amount of tax that should be paid to INTA and what is actually received] is being driven by 500 trillion rials [$2 billion] worth of tax evasion and as much worth of tax avoidance,” Omid Ali Parsa was also quoted as saying by ILNA on Wednesday. 
The government should either double taxation or combat tax evasion to increase the share of tax revenues in GDP from 6-7%, he added.