Document Type : Article
Authors
1 ; Ph.D Student in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Prof. Faculty of Law, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
In recent years, due to the rapid growth of information technologies, the country's communication infrastructure has required swift and costly development, which various laws often place under the responsibility of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. To fulfill these obligations, the Law on the Authorization of Determining and Collecting Government Revenues in the Postal and Telecommunications Sector (approved on 11/08/2013) has provided significant dedicated revenues to the Ministry of Communications. This law grants the Cabinet the authority to determine three types of dedicated revenues for the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. An examination of the Cabinet's regulations after 2013 reveals some instances of deviation from the revenues specified in the law. This study analyzes the Cabinet's regulations in implementing the 2013 law and assesses the revenues established by the Cabinet in the postal and telecommunications sector using principles and rules of administrative law. The analysis of the Cabinet's regulations led to the following conclusions: a) In a category of regulations, the Cabinet did not impose new revenues beyond the legally permitted items, but failed to adhere to the legal formalities and requirements in establishing revenues. b) In another category of regulations, the Cabinet has imposed new revenues outside the framework of its legal authority. This research was conducted using a descriptive-analytical method.
Keywords
- government revenues
- license fee
- non-compliance penalty
- Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Council Of Ministers
Main Subjects
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