Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran)

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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance
وزارت اقتصاد و امور دارایی
Agency overview
Formed1906
JurisdictionIslamic Republic of Iran
HeadquartersBab Homayoun Street, Tehran
Employees117,123 (2019)[1]
Minister responsible
  • Farhad Dejpasand
WebsiteOfficial website

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance's functions are:[2]

Most of the policy making organizations and institutes in the field of trade in goods and services are affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance.

Ministers of Finance under Pahlavi dynasty

Ministers of Finance of the Islamic Republic of Iran

The Customs Administration of the Islamic Republic of Iran
See also: Customs Administration in Iran

The Customs Administration is affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance. All activities regarding importation, exportation, transit, collection of import duties and other cases such as temporary importation are carried out by the Customs Administration, which is in charge of implementing the Customs Affairs Act of the Iranian year 1350 (1971), and its Executive By-Law.

Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran (OCSSPI)

Affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, The main purpose of the formation of the Organization for Collection and Sale of State-owned Properties of Iran (OCSSPI) is to focus all matters relating to the collection, storage, management and sale of properties that by law are under the ownership, possession, custody or management by the government.

State Tax Organization
See also: Taxation in Iran

Affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, the Iranian National Tax Administration is in charge of collection of taxes and the supervision of the implementation of tax all laws and regulations in Iran. Iran is implementing a bar code system (called 'Irancode') across the country in order to facilitate e-commerce and tax collection.[3][4]

Privatization Organization
Main article: Privatization in Iran

According to the Fourth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2005-2010), the Privatization Organization of Iran, affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance is in charge of setting prices and ceding shares of government owned companies to the general public and on the Tehran Stock Exchange. President of Iranian Privatization Organization is Ali-Ashraf Abdollah Porihoseini.

Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance
See also: Iran's Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Act (FIPPA)

Affiliated to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance, the Organization for Investment Economic and Technical Assistance (OIETA) has been established to centralize, regulate and perform a host of activities related to foreign investments in Iran, Iran's foreign investments abroad, providing loans and credit facilities to foreign firms, institutes or governments as well as obtaining loan or credit from foreign or international sources. OIETA is a "one-stop institution" for foreign direct investment in Iran.

See also

References
  1. جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال ۹۷ Tasnim News
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.iran-daily.com/1387/3194/html/economy.htm. Retrieved 6 July 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. http://www.nitc.co.ir/iran-daily/1388/3438/html/economy.htm#s389754%5B%5D
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