Journal of Tax Research

Tax system as an instrument of fiscal policy for the distribution of income and wealth, is sensitive to economic fluctuations and considered as decisive factor in the realization of resistance economy. The purpose of this paper which is done by the economic-juridical analysis, examination of the tax system compatible with the resistance economy, the role and influence of this system to realize the resistance economy in Iran with an Islamic approach. The research findings show that "the tax system compatibility" index is harmonious fusion of individual indicators such as the ratio of taxes to GDP, the degree of transparency and accountability, the flexibility of time and place and time of receipt of the tax breaks. The tax system which is compatible with smoothing business cycles and growth in the real economy can stabilize and increase resistance threshold of macroeconomic country. The transparency in all economic sectors, including the tax system and broadening the tax base could increase tax revenue and also reduce the pressure on the existing tax base, which in turn would boost production and thus increase state economic resistance threshold. The tax evasion and the underground economy represent incompatibility of tax system with economy of resistance in Iran.