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MA. Student in Public Law, Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Prof., Depatment of Public Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Iran
10.22034/mral.2022.550255.1287
Abstract
Taxpayers mostly wish to avoid paying or paying lower taxes. Lower payment or non-payment is sometimes done by violation of tax laws, other times not a violation. If paying lower tax don't violate the law, it will be either legitimate or illegitimate. Paying lower taxes illegitimately by using legal means is called tax avoidance, which creates a tax gap and erodes tax equality. For this reason, the rise of anti-tax avoidance rules is necessary, and in the Iranian legal system, we have not currently comprehensive rules on anti-avoidance. In this article, the authors have a study on the immature status of tax avoidance rules by an analytical-descriptive and critical approach. The present study has been done in three categories: firstly, on Rules and regulations of the Iranian legal system, secondly on Anti-avoidance rules and doctrines, and, thirdly on the challenge of creating anti-avoidance rules and the dimensions of the existence of these rules. Consequently, we have concluded that The Anti-avoidance rules have not been maturely been raised in the Iranian Legal System and this situation becomes more understandable by the study on foreign law. In addition, there are some challenges in the emergence of anti-avoidance rules which arise in two dimensions: substance and jurisdiction.
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هـ - قوانین
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Almasi khani,S and Tajalou,R . (2023). A Study On The Tax Avoidance Rules in Iran by considering Rules of Other Countries. The Journal of Modern Research on Administrative Law, 5(17), 305-334. doi: 10.22034/mral.2022.550255.1287
MLA
Almasi khani,S , and Tajalou,R . "A Study On The Tax Avoidance Rules in Iran by considering Rules of Other Countries", The Journal of Modern Research on Administrative Law, 5, 17, 2023, 305-334. doi: 10.22034/mral.2022.550255.1287
HARVARD
Almasi khani S, Tajalou R. (2023). 'A Study On The Tax Avoidance Rules in Iran by considering Rules of Other Countries', The Journal of Modern Research on Administrative Law, 5(17), pp. 305-334. doi: 10.22034/mral.2022.550255.1287
CHICAGO
S Almasi khani and R Tajalou, "A Study On The Tax Avoidance Rules in Iran by considering Rules of Other Countries," The Journal of Modern Research on Administrative Law, 5 17 (2023): 305-334, doi: 10.22034/mral.2022.550255.1287
VANCOUVER
Almasi khani S, Tajalou R. A Study On The Tax Avoidance Rules in Iran by considering Rules of Other Countries. Modern Research on Administrative Law. 2023;5(17):305-334 (In Persian). doi: 10.22034/mral.2022.550255.1287