University of Isfahan Urban Economics 2588-4867 9 1 2024 08 22 Estimation of Potential and Legal Revenue Capacities of Tehran Municipality Resulting from the Provisions of the VAT Law Estimation of Potential and Legal Revenue Capacities of Tehran Municipality Resulting from the Provisions of the VAT Law 1 18 29083 10.22108/ue.2024.133525.1210 FA Hojjat Izadkhasti Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Zarir Negintaji Assistant Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2022 05 07 Municipalities are responsible for providing goods and services at the city level and have a special role in increasing the welfare of citizens. To increase the share of sustainable VAT revenues of municipalities, knowledge of the potential and legal capacity of VAT as a sustainable urban revenue for planning and decision-making of municipalities will be of particular importance. The potential capacity of VAT in Tehran is estimated using the Mackenzie method (1991) and the data-output table of Tehran based on consumption and destination. In this method, to calculate the legal basis of VAT, the value of consumer goods exempt from VAT is deducted from the potential tax base, and the value of taxable intermediate goods and services used in the exempt sector is added. The results indicate that the potential value-added tax of Tehran Municipality in the years 2014 to 2018 was equal to 46.02, 54.10, 57.17, and 80.04 thousand billion rials. Also, the legal revenue of VAT of Tehran Municipality in the relevant period was equal to 20.31, 25.42, 24.25, and 38.58 trillion Rials, respectively. Therefore, the gap between the potential and legal revenue of VAT of Tehran Municipality is due to the exemptions applied in implementing of VAT law in the years under review.<br /><strong>JEL Classification:</strong> D57, H29, R11, R15 Municipalities are responsible for providing goods and services at the city level and have a special role in increasing the welfare of citizens. To increase the share of sustainable VAT revenues of municipalities, knowledge of the potential and legal capacity of VAT as a sustainable urban revenue for planning and decision-making of municipalities will be of particular importance. The potential capacity of VAT in Tehran is estimated using the Mackenzie method (1991) and the data-output table of Tehran based on consumption and destination. In this method, to calculate the legal basis of VAT, the value of consumer goods exempt from VAT is deducted from the potential tax base, and the value of taxable intermediate goods and services used in the exempt sector is added. The results indicate that the potential value-added tax of Tehran Municipality in the years 2014 to 2018 was equal to 46.02, 54.10, 57.17, and 80.04 thousand billion rials. Also, the legal revenue of VAT of Tehran Municipality in the relevant period was equal to 20.31, 25.42, 24.25, and 38.58 trillion Rials, respectively. Therefore, the gap between the potential and legal revenue of VAT of Tehran Municipality is due to the exemptions applied in implementing of VAT law in the years under review.<br /><strong>JEL Classification:</strong> D57, H29, R11, R15 https://ue.ui.ac.ir/article_29083_10c110b3a4c3b73afbe60887fec17f3e.pdf