Kazakhstan has 2.3 million registered taxpayers, but only 8% of them pay VAT.

Kazakhstan has 2.3 million registered taxpayers, but only 8% of them pay VAT.

15.04.2025 18:43:12 264

🔷 There are 2.3 million taxpayers registered in Kazakhstan, but only 8% of them pay VAT.
The problem of tax fragmentation, which hinders the development of entrepreneurship and increasing budget revenue in the country, still remains.
According to the Ministry of National Economy, 81% of taxpayers continue to work with the simplified taxation system and avoid the transition to the universally established regime.

MARY RK Tax According to Yerlan Sagnaev, Director of the Customs Policy Department, this trend does not mean that business is growing, but that there is a situation of deliberately understating income in order to reduce tax liabilities, Check-point.kz correspondent reports.

He also stated that 85% of 81% of entrepreneurs working under the simplified regime have an annual income of no more than 15 million tenge. This is a clear sign of systematic fragmentation of business.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/kostanai-lisakovsk-oktyabr/press/news/details/971946?lang=kk