According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, the Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly in a report on the pathology of the status of issuing business cards and providing corrective solutions.

In the section "Summarizing and submitting corrective proposals", the report of the Parliamentary Research Center, noting that the business card is a license for business activities such as importing, exporting, etc., states: One of the major problems currently in the field of business cards There is a phenomenon known as rental business cards, in which some merchants use business cards issued in the name of others to do business, and tax evasion and non-payment of customs duties are provided.

The issue of business cards and the necessity or non-necessity of reviewing its requirements is an issue that is occasionally considered by experts in this field.

Comparative studies show that in countries with open economies, a government document is issued to the applicant for foreign trade, which is more of an identification aspect, but in some countries with relatively closed government economies, it is difficult and complicated to enter. Applicants in the field of export and import have predicted that, of course, in Iran, the use of business cards is not limited to foreign trade and is used to receive bank facilities, company registration, payment of taxes, settlement of social security accounts of merchants, etc.

* Recommendations of the Research Center to reduce business card violations

The expert arm of the parliament pointed out that despite the measures taken in issuing business cards, there are still many damages in the field of business cards in the current situation, to eliminate the damages caused by these cards and to improve the efficiency of export and import licenses and pave the way for Reducing business card violations offers suggestions for improving the status quo, which are explained below.

Proposed general framework for improving import and export licensing

- Complete submission of the steps of issuing, renewing and revoking the business card to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade

Due to the existing challenges and pathology of the card issuance process, it is necessary to entrust all the steps of issuing, renewing and revoking the business card to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade. These processes should be systematic and intelligent to prevent rent and personal taste based on inquiries from relevant authorities and in accordance with the indicators of the integrated credit rating and credit rating system and full accountability of the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade to all violations in the field. Issuance, renewal and revocation of the business card. Meanwhile, the role of the Iranian Chamber of Commerce can be changed to collecting documents to be sent to the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade and promoting the knowledge and expertise of individuals in the field of foreign trade.

- The need to apply the ceiling of foreign trade activities (both imports and exports) based on the credit rating of the merchant

At present, any person can engage in foreign trade after obtaining a business card, and since the IRS is not required to tax them before self-declaration, it creates a burden for profiteers to refuse to pay taxes on time. ; Therefore, in order to prevent the abuse of the existing vacuum, it is suggested that the Ministry of Silence, after systematically monitoring business cards, rank merchants according to the guidelines of the integrated credit rating system based on paragraph "T" of the Law on Combating Commodity and Currency Smuggling approved in 2014. .10.03 slow.

It is worth mentioning that the credit rating indicators according to the above guidelines (including three categories of responsibility indicators, financial status and business status) that are currently implemented, but need to be strengthened and completed. In this way, tax evasion can be largely avoided.

On the other hand, if a trader in a year according to market conditions has more commercial power than the set ceiling, if the certificate of no customs debt is presented and a guarantee of the amount of tax on his head as a deposit with this organization, the ceiling is set The amount of imports for which the customs debt has been settled can be reused, and this guarantee can be returned to the person within a period of 15 to 30 days after the tax year and the payment of taxes.

Also, for a person who is engaged in foreign trade for the first time, a reasonable ceiling can be considered, and if the importer demands more than the desired ceiling, he can be allowed to trade more than the desired ceiling by obtaining a sufficient guarantee. Of course, at present, according to Note 3 of the Cabinet Resolution, the import value ceiling for business card recipients is determined based on the ranking of the integrated rating system. If ranking is not possible, this ceiling is set at five hundred thousand dollars in the first year and at the time Order registration applies.

- Examining the qualifications mentioned in the regulations related to the issuance of business cards and eliminating the factor of human interference

The qualification processes and mechanisms set out in the Business Card Issuance Regulations need to be reviewed. For example, as mentioned in the text of the report, the lack of verification of the external existence of the address announced by the person applying for a business card is one of the challenges in this area.

In the current situation, the function of this part of the process of qualifying the business card applicant is human software. In this way, the document provided by the applicant that he scans in the system is trusted. Of course, by using the country's property and documents registration system, despite some problems, the current violations of the business card can be greatly reduced. Because in case of violation, there is a place that can be referred to the person to realize the rights of the government and the percentage of error is much lower than the current process (failure to verify the external existence of the address announced by the person applying for a business card).

It is noteworthy that due to the lack of manpower, it is not possible to check the accuracy of the addresses announced by the applicants in the form of field visits. It is necessary to check the issue of real estate and lease registration in a real and systematic manner. This information should be used in an integrated ranking system centered on the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade.

- People with real and legal personality have only one business card

- Each person, whether a natural or legal person, can only have one business card and this card is issued based on the national code of each person. In other words, a person can not receive a business card once with a real person and once with a legal person. Because the observations show that many people, after the business card with their real personality did not have the necessary conditions for renewal, referred to the card defined by their legal personality, and in this way, many violations can be prevented and Several thousand cards will be deleted.

- Requiring the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade to strengthen the integrated ranking system and monitoring of active and inactive traders

 Require devices related to the issuance, renewal and revocation of business cards, including the Tax and Social Security Organization and the State Registration Organization to integrate the database of merchants and require the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Trade to share the above information with devices related to Business according to their needs after uploading in the merchants database

- Reducing the time and number of documents to be received to receive a business card

In order to prevent people from using one-year business cards and facilitate the business environment

- Eliminate the requirement to obtain a business card for import from free zones to the mainland

The requirement to obtain a business card for import from free zones to the mainland increases the number of applicants for a business card and there is no rational justification for it; Because once a business card has been issued by the Free Zones Organization to import from abroad to the free zones and there is no need to re-issue the business card to enter the free zones from the mainland; Because in the process of transferring goods from free zones to the mainland, all government rights are exercised and there is no need to obtain a business card, and this is in fact adding an additional document to the procedures of transferring goods within the geographical area of ​​the country, so this requirement is suggested. Be deleted.

- Eliminate the requirement to have a business card to register trademarks

Currently, if a company or institution has English letters or letters in its business logo, it must have a business card to register it, while it may never engage in foreign trade; While this issue complicated the business environment and downgraded the country in the index of improving the business environment due to the addition of an additional license to start a business.