STATE REVENUE COMMITTEE OF THE

MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

PRESS RELEASE

CANCELLATION OF PENALTIES ON TAXES OF INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITH THE FULL REPAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL DEBT

The rules of Tax Amnesty, within the framework of the Law signed by the Head of the State on July 4 this year, are at the stage of approval. It was told by the Deputy Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of MF RK Zhaidar Inkerbayev during the press conference in Central Communications Service. The event was also attended by the Director of the Department of Audit of SRC MF RK Zhandos Duisembiyev and the Director of the Department of Tax Methodology of SRC MF RK Zhanybek Nurzhanov.

Now in the country is conducted large-scale mass-explanatory work on the procedure of Tax Amnesty in order to ensure that every citizen before the end of this year could be able to take advantage of this campaign to write off the accrued penalties.

Zh. Inkerbayev told that according to statistics, as of January 1, 2019, 1.4 million individuals had tax debts for the total amount of 20.9 billion tenge, including the main debt of 14.3 billion tenge, accrued penalties – 6.6 billion tenge.

«The largest amount or 70% (14.4 billion tenge) of tax debt is accounted for by the tax on vehicles. Land tax arrears account for 12% (or 2.5 billion tenge), property tax for 6.7% (or 1.4 billion tenge). The greatest number of debtors - individuals registered in Shymkent, approximately 148 thousand, 139 thousand in the Turkestan region, 116 thousand in Zhambyl region and 114 thousand in Nur-Sultan», - noted Zh. Inkerbayev.

In the State Revenue Committee also noted that the largest amount of tax debt in the context of regions in Almaty – 5.5 billion tenge, Nursultan city and Mangystau region for 2 billion tenge, Shymkent city 1.6 billion tenge.

Since the beginning of this year, the state revenue bodies have carried out extensive preparatory work for the Tax Amnesty of individuals. In particular, the database has been verified with the authorized bodies, as well as the inventory of personal accounts for completeness and correctness of charges in order to update the personal accounts of taxpayers.

The only condition for writing off the penalty is the payment by an individual of the principal tax debt. Taxpayers do not need to go anywhere for this purpose, the state revenue bodies will monitor the status of personal accounts of individuals on a daily basis and, if they pay the principal debt, they will make a corresponding decision on writing off the penalty within 3 working days.

In cases if the taxpayer in the current year has already made payment of the principal debt and penalties on taxes for the past year, the amount of penalties shall be returned. To do this, you must apply to the state revenue authorities.

At the end of his speech, Vice-Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kanat Bayedilov urged all citizens who have tax debts for the past year to take advantage of the opportunity to fulfill their tax obligations without penalties imposed by the state.

During the press event, there were questions about the Amnesty for small and medium-sized businesses held in Kazakhstan. As the Director of the audit Department of SRC MF of Kazakhstan Zhandos Duisembiyev said, as of July 1, 2019, almost 40 thousand taxpayers joined the program of "Tax Amnesty for small and medium-sized businesses" by paying off the principal tax debt of 7.6 billion tenge. By them 2.1 billion tenge penalties and 180.6 million tenge fines were written off.

At the end of the speech speakers urged all citizens who have tax debts for the past year to take advantage of the opportunity to fulfill their tax obligations without penalties imposed by the state.

Press-office

State Revenue Committee

Ministry of Finance of the RK

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