Futures Studies of the Tax System in Iran: A Socio-Cultural Perspective

The purpose of this study is to identify and evaluate the effective drivers in the socio-cultural field of the country's tax system.

The present study is based on data type, Hybrid; by purpose, Practical and from the perspective of data collection, it is a descriptive- survey research. The drivers of the country's tax system in the socio-cultural field were identified using the methods of the panel of experts, open questionnaire, interview and fuzzy triangular Delphi.

The following drivers were identified as effective drivers in the socio-cultural sphere of the country's tax system: 1. People's faith and belief in paying taxes, 2. Attention to justice and fairness, 3. People's use of reciprocal services, 4. Fundamental change in the framework Sovereignty, 5. Indicators of governance, and  6. Determining the effects of paying taxes in the society were identified. Which according to the type of distribution in the center of coordinates, indicates the instability and non-inferiority of the system under study.

It is necessary to establish a  futures research center in the country's tax affairs organization in general and to pay attention to the governance indicators, taxpayers' tax citizenship rights, and the government's support for the general tax-free tax.