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Iran Tax Consultant Exam study plan

Iran Tax Consultant Exam · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Direct Taxes Act (قانون مالیات‌های مستقیم): income tax on legal and natural persons

  • Map the Direct Taxes Act structure and mark every article that computes taxable income for natural persons (اشخاص حقیقی), so you can locate a rule in under 30 seconds

  • Compute taxable income for three salary-and-benefit scenarios, applying the annual salary exemption ceiling and the progressive brackets correctly

  • Distinguish business income (مشاغل) rules from rental and incidental income, and list the deduction set allowed for each

  • Build a one-page formula sheet converting gross receipts to taxable income for natural persons, including depreciation and bad-debt treatment

Your checkpoint

A solved set of 10 natural-person income computations with article citations and a one-page formula sheet

Week 2

Direct Taxes Act (قانون مالیات‌های مستقیم): income tax on legal and natural persons

  • Apply legal-person (اشخاص حقوقی) income rules: taxable profit derivation, deductible versus non-deductible expenses, and the treatment of reserves

  • Reconcile accounting profit to taxable profit for two sample companies, adjusting for non-deductible items and exempt income

  • Compute the 25% legal-person rate and explain when reduced or zero rates apply to production and other categories

  • Explain withholding obligations on payments to non-residents and the resulting final tax position

  • Draft the list of documents a company must retain to defend each deduction claimed

Your checkpoint

Two complete accounting-to-tax reconciliations with adjustment schedules and a deduction-support checklist

Week 3

Value Added Tax (مالیات بر ارزش افزوده) and indirect taxes

  • List the goods and services within and outside the VAT scope, and identify who must register and who is exempt from registration

  • Compute output tax, input tax credit, and net payable for a mixed supply chain including exempt sales

  • Apply the rules on credit notes, returns, and bad debts to adjust VAT liability

  • Differentiate VAT from other indirect levies and identify the filing and payment deadlines a client must meet

Your checkpoint

A VAT computation workbook for one multi-stage supply chain with a written note on credit restrictions

Week 4

Value Added Tax (مالیات بر ارزش افزوده) and indirect taxes & Tax exemptions, incentives and preferential regimes

  • Catalogue the main VAT exemptions and zero-rate categories and state the conditions attached to each

  • Apply the principal income tax exemptions and incentives, including those for production, exports, and designated regions, to three fact patterns

  • Test whether a given transaction qualifies for an incentive by checking each statutory condition in order

  • Produce a decision table matching client profiles to available exemptions and the evidence each requires

Your checkpoint

An exemption and incentive decision table covering at least 12 regimes, each with statutory conditions and required evidence

Week 5

Tax procedures: assessment, audit, objections and appeals (هیئت‌های حل اختلاف مالیاتی)

  • Sequence the assessment process from return filing through audit, assessment notice (برگ تشخیص), and the objection window

  • Draft a written objection to an assessment that states grounds, cites articles, and attaches supporting evidence

  • Trace the appeal route through the tax dispute boards (هیئت‌های حل اختلاف مالیاتی), including the timing of each step and the effect on collection

  • Explain the rules on enforceable demand, installment arrangements, and penalties for late payment

Your checkpoint

A mock objection letter plus a one-page procedural timeline from filing to final board decision

Week 6

Accounting: financial statements, standards and bookkeeping requirements for tax purposes & Auditing principles and evidence gathering relevant to tax examination

  • Identify the books and records a taxpayer must keep by business size and type, and the consequences of rejection of books (رد دفاتر)

  • Read a set of financial statements and extract the figures needed for a tax return without reworking the ledger

  • Apply the key accounting standards that affect taxable profit, including revenue recognition and provisioning

  • Plan an evidence-gathering exercise for one disputed expense, selecting documents that satisfy the burden of proof

  • Distinguish documentary, testimonial, and circumstantial evidence and state which is strongest in a tax dispute

Your checkpoint

An audit evidence file for one disputed expense, with a records-adequacy assessment and a short evidence matrix

Week 7

Commercial law and business entities (قانون تجارت): companies, registration and reporting & Civil law and civil procedure relevant to tax disputes (قانون مدنی، آیین دادرسی مدنی)

  • Compare company forms under the Commercial Code and state the registration and reporting duties of each

  • Identify which corporate acts require registration and the consequences of failing to register

  • Apply civil law rules on contracts and obligations to a tax-relevant transaction such as a lease or a sale

  • Outline civil procedure steps that matter in tax litigation, including service, time limits, and representation

Your checkpoint

A comparison table of business entity forms with registration duties, plus a short memo on a contract dispute affecting tax liability

Week 8

Professional ethics, confidentiality and responsibilities of the tax consultant & Direct Taxes Act (قانون مالیات‌های مستقیم): income tax on legal and natural persons & Tax procedures: assessment, audit, objections and appeals (هیئت‌های حل اختلاف مالیاتی)

  • State the confidentiality and conflict-of-interest duties of the tax consultant and apply them to three ethical dilemmas

  • Re-solve weak-area computations from weeks 1 and 3 under timed conditions and correct recurring errors

  • Complete two full-length timed mock exams and review every wrong answer against the underlying rule

  • Consolidate a one-page summary of deadlines, rates, and thresholds for final review

Your checkpoint

Two completed timed mock exams with a scored error log and a final one-page rate and deadline summary

Milestones

Week 2: Can reconcile accounting profit to taxable profit for a legal person and cite the governing article for each adjustment without notes

Week 4: Scores at least 70% on a self-made 30-question set covering direct tax, VAT, and exemptions

Week 6: Can produce a complete objection package (grounds, evidence, procedural timeline) for an unseen fact pattern in 45 minutes

Week 8: Scores at least 75% on both timed mock exams, with no repeated error category in the error log