{"id":335683,"date":"2025-08-17T14:59:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=335683"},"modified":"2025-08-17T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:59:59","slug":"iran-news-new-anti-speculation-tax-forces-citizens-to-shoulder-regime-created-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/iran-news-new-anti-speculation-tax-forces-citizens-to-shoulder-regime-created-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: New Anti-Speculation Tax Forces Citizens to Shoulder Regime-Created Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_335685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335685\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-335685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025.jpg\" alt=\"The regime's president Masoud Pezeshkian announced a new tax law in August 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-regimes-president-Masoud-Pezeshkian-announced-a-new-tax-law-in-August-2025-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The regime&#8217;s president Masoud Pezeshkian announced a new tax law in August 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Two-minute read<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clerical dictatorship has officially enacted a new law titled the \u201cCapital Gains and Speculation Tax,\u201d announced by its president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/who-is-masoud-pezeshkian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Masoud Pezeshkian<\/a> in August 2025. While officials present the measure as a strategy to curb speculation and unproductive investments, critics point out that the law effectively taxes ordinary citizens on inflation, adding to the population\u2019s already crushing economic burdens.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law, passed by parliament on June 29, 2025, and confirmed by the Guardian Council on July 22, was formally signed into effect by Pezeshkian on August 16, according to both <em>Tasnim<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mehrnews.com\/news\/6562482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mehr News<\/em><\/a>. It consists of 28 articles and applies to transactions involving real estate, cars, gold, jewelry, foreign currency, and cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">State media insist that the measure targets \u201cnon-productive\u201d markets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasnimnews.com\/fa\/news\/1404\/05\/26\/3377654\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Tasnim<\/em> wrote<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cThe goal of this law is to curb speculation in non-productive markets such as housing, automobiles, gold, and foreign exchange, and to channel capital toward productive activity. By taxing repeated and short-term transactions, the law seeks to redirect liquidity toward national production.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Amid soaring political dissent in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a>, tax evasion emerges as a social response to the regime&#39;s overtaxing as people try to thwart exploitation by their oppressors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9E6hVt5yaO\">pic.twitter.com\/9E6hVt5yaO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1759303898026717202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law introduces a tiered tax structure:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Assets sold within one year are subject to rates up to <strong>40 percent<\/strong> of the gains.<\/li>\n<li>Assets held for one to two years face <strong>10\u201315 percent<\/strong> taxation.<\/li>\n<li>Assets held longer than two years may qualify for reduced rates or even exemptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exemptions apply to the first residential unit and one vehicle per household, as well as to agricultural, industrial, or mining properties directly linked to productive activities. Inheritances, family transfers, and property received as gifts are also excluded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Implementation relies on a new nationwide transaction-tracking system. The Ministry of Economy must design a \u201csmart platform\u201d connected to registries, banks, the stock exchange, and customs offices. As <em>Tasnim<\/em> explained: \u201cNo transfer of property, cars, or digital assets can be registered without prior tax clearance. Notaries and trading platforms are obliged to verify tax certificates before any transaction is finalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News in Brief<br \/>In an article exposing the fact that the clerical regime is subjecting ordinary Iranian citizens to one of the highest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tax?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tax<\/a> rates globally, the state-run website Khabar Online wrote, &quot;According to the law, institutions like the Astan Quds Razavi, the Holy\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PIcYipKgUT\">pic.twitter.com\/PIcYipKgUT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1699408931724931359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To deter<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/taxation-and-tax-evasion-turns-into-battleground-between-state-and-irans-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tax evasion<\/a>, penalties include fines up to double the unpaid tax, bans on business activities for up to two years, and suspension of asset transfers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials argue that less than 5 percent of citizens will be affected, claiming the law primarily targets short-term speculators and multiple-property owners. Yet for many Iranians struggling with record inflation, the measure represents another attempt by the regime to extract revenue from ordinary households. Critics highlight the contradiction of a government that creates inflation through systemic mismanagement now punishing citizens forced to navigate distorted markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-minute read The clerical dictatorship has officially enacted a new law titled the &ldquo;Capital Gains and Speculation Tax,&rdquo; announced by its president Masoud Pezeshkian in August 2025. 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