Astana, 13 October 2026 – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Arman Issagaliyev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Türkiye to the Republic of Kazakhstan Mustafa Kapucu.During the meeting, the sides discussed current issues on the agenda of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Kazakhstan and Türkiye.The sides also discussed preparations for the upcoming high-level events.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa/press/news/details/1310268?lang=ru

 Location: Taldykorgan,  I.Zhansugurov Palace of CultureDate: October 15, 2026, at 10:00 a.m.Contact phone numbers: 8 (7282) 24-34-07;Email address: 7su.ocnt@mail.ru                                      Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/zhetysu-archive/press/news/details/1310253?lang=ru

The Appeals Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the State Revenue Committee held a joint meeting on the quality of tax audits. Territorial departments of state revenue took part in the discussion in an online format. The meeting was held at the State Revenue Committee under the chairmanship of the Committee’s deputy chairpersons, Nurzhanov Zh. M.  and. Akhmetov S. A.,  Aisin S. U., Director of the Appeals Department of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, presented an analysis of violations during tax audits related to the refund of excess VAT.Special attention was paid to the quality of checks of mutual settlements with unreliable suppliers. The participants discussed the reasons for the cancellation of the results of tax audits following the consideration of complaints by the Appeal Commission. These include shortcomings in the “Pyramid” reports, errors in calculating the VAT amounts to be refunded, untimely submission of requests for counter audits, and failure to account for documents confirming export operations. Shortcomings in the analysis of product traceability chains and in assessing the possibility of performing work or providing services were also noted.The results of the work of the Appeal Commission for the consideration of tax and customs disputes for the nine months of 2026 were also presented. Of the 323 complaints received from taxpayers and participants in foreign economic activity, 194 were considered. Based on the results of the consideration of complaints, the results of 57 inspections were fully or partially overturned in favor of businesses. The quality of tax and customs inspections is under constant monitoring by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/minfin/press/news/details/1310234?lang=ru

Based on the results of the first nine months of 2026, state budget revenues, excluding transfers, amounted to 20.2 trillion tenge, or 98.5% of the plan. Compared to the same period last year, revenues increased by 16.3%, or by 2.8 trillion tenge. This was announced by Minister of Finance Madi Takiyev at a government meeting on October 13. “During the reporting period, funding for the state’s social obligations has been secured. The revenues of the republican budget are close to the planned figures,” Madi Takiyev noted. The revenues of the republican budget increased by 2.7 trillion tenge, or by almost 26%. The growth in revenues is due to global prices for export goods, an increase in trade turnover, and changes in tax rates. By the end of the year, the focus will be on expanding the tax base and improving the quality of administration. State budget expenditures have been completed at 98%, with the funding amounting to 26.2 trillion tenge. Expenditures of the republican budget reached 19.6 trillion tenge, with an execution rate of 99.6%. 5.3 trillion tenge was allocated for pensions and benefits, 4.4 trillion tenge for regional support, and 2 trillion tenge for support of the real sector. Local budget revenues amounted to 6.9 trillion tenge, or 96.1% of the plan. The shortfall amounted to 278.3 billion tenge. The plan has not been met in nine regions, with the largest deviations recorded in the Atyrau, Pavlodar, and Mangystau regions. Local budget expenditures have been met at 96.3%, with non compliance amounting to 458.4 billion tenge. The minister emphasized the need to take measures to ensure timely and high quality budget execution by the end of the year. During the reporting period, 811.5 billion tenge in VAT was refunded to businesses. Customs payments amounted to 1.9 trillion tenge, an increase of 706 billion tenge. Work continues on developing border infrastructure and simplifying customs clearance. A special state fund ensures the implementation of 501 projects with a total value of 617.7 billion tenge; 351 facilities have been completed. Funding has been allocated from the Infrastructure Development Fund for 262 projects with a total value of 1.5 trillion tenge, including in the areas of healthcare, water supply, and transport. The minister noted the need to complete construction and prepare the facilities for operation. The digitalization of the social sector makes it possible to prevent unjustified payments. Thanks to monitoring and anti fraud control at the Social Health Insurance Fund, financial losses amounting to 22.4 billion tenge were prevented over nine months. The Qalqan platform has implemented functionality for paying for 57 types of medical services. 634 schools have been transferred to the digital education financing system. The reconciliation of the student population to identify duplicates and overstatements resulted in savings of 34 billion tenge.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/minfin/press/news/details/1310196?lang=ru

Entrepreneurial activity in the country maintains positive momentum and demonstrates resilience to external and internal economic changes, according to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Economy Serik Zhumangarin.Including the self-employed, the total number of businesses increased by 32.5%, reaching 3.2 million. The number of entrepreneurs operating under the general regime—VAT payers—increased by 28%. Conditions have been created for citizens to exit the shadow economy: 981,000 people are registered as self-employed, of whom 807,000 registered for tax purposes for the first time."In the first nine months of 2026, 277,000 new businesses were registered, including 34,700 legal entities and 242,300 individual entrepreneurs. During the same period, 19,700 legal entities and 356,000 individual entrepreneurs were deregistered. Deregistration of individual entrepreneurs does not mean the actual cessation of economic activity. Of the 356,000 individual entrepreneurs who closed, 42.6% had no income in 2025, and 20.8% transitioned to self-employment status, continuing their activities,” the Deputy Prime Minister noted.Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/economy/press/news/details/1310108?lang=ru