The secretary of knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter stated: different programs have been designed to support knowledge-based companies, one of which is allocating tax exemptions. In this regard, more than 2000 knowledge-based companies have used tax exemptions.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Parviz Karami, mentioned the use of different support programs by knowledge-based companies based on the law, expressing: these companies also have a variety of specialized facilities and consultations. These support packages are designed to help the companies achieve stability in production by eliminating their problems.

Karami added: the Vice-Presidency has signed several agreements to more properly follow the instructions of the law for support of knowledge-based companies over the years. These efforts have led to the provision of more facilities for knowledge-based companies.

The secretary of knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter continued: the mentioned tax exemptions have been considered in cooperation with Tax Affairs, so that these companies can take the easier path to move to a growth enterprise using these capabilities. The advisor to the vice president for science and technology affairs also asserted: according to the law for support of knowledge-based companies and institutions, the taxable income of knowledge-based companies resulting from research and development of contracts or activities or due to commercialization of high-tech products will be exempt from income tax.

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According to Karami, 2281 companies are subject to exemptions. In this regard, he marked: according to the law for support of knowledge-based companies and commercialization of innovations, the income of knowledge-based corporations and institutions can be exempted from the subject of Article 105 of the direct tax law for 15 years with the approval of the Vice President.

The secretary of knowledge-based economy and culture-building technologies development headquarter illustrated: as the nature of technology is constantly evolving and some knowledge-based products are becoming more and more popular after some time and their technical complexity is reduced, the workgroup is annually reviewing these products.