The Minister of Communications stated: in the past year, the number of our compatriots on domestic platforms has grown a lot, and currently nearly 40 million of our dear compatriots – unique users – use domestic platforms every month.
According to the IDEA, last November, the regulations for supporting digital economy platforms and businesses aimed at the growth and development of the internet business space in the country were approved by the government’s digital economy working group and were announced by the first vice president, and during that support were considered It was taken that the devices were obliged to supply it.
In the various articles of this approval, executive bodies, platforms or platforms of digital economy businesses have essential roles, so that the considered support will bring prosperity to businesses that provide users with a variety of products and services through platforms.
The most important main supports considered in the resolution are the provision of data center infrastructure and cloud services by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, provision of various payment services for businesses and users through eligible platforms, advertising discounts, especially in radio and television of Islamic Republic of Iran.
Also tax exemption for businesses on domestic platforms, acceptance of start-up and development costs of included platforms as tax-acceptable expenses, provision of Innovation and Prosperity Fund and Omid Entrepreneurship Fund facilities to cloud infrastructure suppliers of included platforms, postal discounts in order to Assisting in logistics and transportation of eligible businesses through eligible platforms and connecting to the e-government service exchange center and facilitating the provision of portal services to people through eligible platforms.
In this regard, Eisa Zarepour, the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, has recently announced the improvement of the state of domestic social networks over the past year.
Zarepour, in his assessment of the conditions of internet businesses in domestic platforms, said: In fact, in the past year, the activity of our compatriots in domestic platforms has grown a lot, and now nearly 40 million of our dear compatriots – unique users – use domestic platforms monthly.
20 million people use domestic platforms daily
He stated that nearly 20 million people use domestic platforms daily, and said: However, domestic businesses need the so-called foothold and try to be in a place where people are present and can get users. and introduce their businesses correctly.
The Minister of Communications and Information Technology emphasized: From this point of view, in my opinion, the situation of domestic messengers and social networks has improved over the past year.
Implementation of regulations for the support of internet businesses in domestic messengers
According to the information of Khane Mellat website, Zarepour continued by referring to the approval of the regulations for the support of internet businesses on domestic messengers in November of last year and stated: Parts of this executive regulation and other parts of it are being implemented and we hope With the full implementation of this regulation, maximum support for domestic and domestic internet businesses will be provided.
It should be noted that early this summer, the government approved that businesses that did not have a tax code and did not fill out a tax return until the end of 2022 will be exempted from tax.
In fact, one of the problems of the migration of internet businesses from foreign to domestic platforms was that they did not pay taxes there, but as soon as they came to domestic platforms, they had to pay taxes; With the approval of the government board, this tax exemption was provided for businesses.
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