Sobhanian: 310,000 Rental Accounts Identified in First Three Deciles; Tax Evasion by Doctors and Women's Hair Salons Uncovered

At a press conference, the head of the National Tax Organization announced the identification of new methods of tax evasion among some doctors, women's hair salons and economic actors. Violations range from misreporting the type of activity to using card readers linked to non-commercial files. Sobhanian said smart systems have revealed discrepancies showing how some individuals, by registering false information or using accounts

Ambassador Arjan-Economic Group: In a press conference, the head of the country's tax affairs organization announced the identification of numerous cases of discrepancies in the tax information of economic operators and explained new details of the organization's measures to deal with tax evasion, the use of leased accounts, and business activities with non-commercial card readers.

Referring to the expansion of the use of smart systems and data analysis in the tax system, Seyyed Mohammadhadi Sobanyan, the head of the country's tax affairs organization, said: by using system capacities, many cases have been identified in which the information recorded by economic operators did not match their actual activity.

He emphasized that these measures are carried out with the aim of identifying tax evasion, increasing transparency and implementing tax laws more accurately, and the Tax Affairs Organization has used the capacity of knowledge-based companies, the private sector, and expert forces in this direction.

Identification of 3,600 specialist doctors with the title of general practitioner

Referring to the examination of doctors' tax information, Sobhanian stated: About 3,600 specialist doctors have been identified who identified themselves as general practitioners in the registered information.

According to the head of the Tax Affairs Organization, these discrepancies have been identified through a systematic review of information and reconciliation of available data.

Stating that the goal of the organization is not to focus on a specific job, he explained that in some professions, due to higher financial turnover, the need to check information and ensure the compliance of the actual activity with the tax file is felt more.

7,000 women's hair salons with a lower tax rating were identified

The head of the country's tax affairs organization also announced the identification of about 7,000 women's hair salons, which, according to him, had declared a lower rank in their information despite having a privileged rank.

Sobhanyan explained that the ranking of jobs can affect the profitability factor for tax calculation; Therefore, the discrepancy between the declared rank and the real state of economic activity is one of the things that are taken into consideration in the organization's reviews.

4300 economic operators with card readers connected to non-commercial files

Sobhanian further announced the identification of more than 4300 economic activists whose card readers were connected to a case of a non-commercial nature.

He explained that in some cases, the account or file related to activities such as the mosque, Hosseiniyeh or Takiye was introduced, but the card reader was used for economic activity.

According to him, systematic reviews have helped to identify these cases so that economic activities become more transparent from the point of view of taxation and the possibility of hiding business incomes is reduced.

Identifying hundreds of thousands of discrepancies in business information

Referring to other examples of the results of the data review, the head of the country's tax affairs organization said: About 176,000 economic activists who were introduced in their information as active in the field of fruits and vegetables in the fields, in the review of economic behavior, they encountered cases that showed that their actual activity did not match the recorded information.

He also announced the identification of about 376 thousand cases among the people who introduced themselves as teachers and about 15 thousand trainers who had declared production activity in the registered information, but the investigations indicated that their business and commercial activities.

According to Sobhanian, these statistics show the role of smart systems in identifying discrepancies and directing tax investigations to cases that need further investigation.

How do rental accounts help tax evasion?

In response to a question about the identification of 310,000 rental accounts in the first three deciles of income, Sobanyan explained that using rental accounts is one of the methods that can be used to hide economic activity and avoid paying taxes.

He said: In this method, instead of using a bank account related to his business activity, a person uses another person's account, which is known as a non-business account.

Referring to the request of some businesses to receive payments through card-to-card instead of using the usual payment methods, the head of the Tax Affairs Organization emphasized that bank transactions and accounts with high turnover are investigated in cooperation with the Financial Information Center and the Central Bank.

According to him, according to the available information, these accounts are checked for the possibility of tax evasion or connection with suspicious activities.

Will the goods of people with a rental account be cut off?

During this meeting, a question was raised about the status of the list of people in whose name the rental account has been identified. However, in the section of sent statements, no specific decision has been announced regarding the termination or continuation of the goods of these people.

Therefore, the mere identification of a suspicious account cannot be considered as proof of a tax violation or definitive exclusion from receiving goods. Any decision about livelihood support for these families requires the official announcement of the responsible body and the review of the relevant legal conditions.

Dealing with tax evasion without focusing on a specific industry

Sobhanyan emphasized that the Tax Affairs Organization does not intend to target a specific job or industry, but rather focuses on identifying discrepancies, investigating financial transactions and dealing with tax evasion based on available data.

He also announced the formation of a committee to manage the way of sending tax text messages so that the text and time of sending messages are more appropriate and to avoid sending unnecessary text messages, especially about small amounts.

According to the head of the Tax Affairs Organization, the capacity of tax system employees, knowledge-based companies, university experts and the private sector have been used in this process.

What is the amount of tax collected from identified cases?

Despite the announcement of a large number of cases identified among doctors, hairdressers and other economic operators, the statements presented did not state a specific amount of tax collected from these cases.

Also, it is not clear how many of these cases have led to the definitive diagnosis of tax or collection of claims after the final review. Therefore, the statistics of identified cases should be separated from the determined or collected tax figure.