STATE REVENUE COMMITTEE

OF THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Press Release

A seminar on the use of the “Blockchain” technology was held

in Kokshetau city

Today, information technology penetrates all spheres of human activity. The use of Blockchain technology in the tax collection system is one of the innovations of the fourth industrial revolution. In general, digital technologies will give a powerful impetus to the development of the tax and customs industries. Starting from the new year, the Blockchain technology is being implemented to introduce new methods of administering value-added tax. This significantly saves time and money of large taxpayers, also representatives of small and medium-sized business.

In Kokshetau, the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a seminar on the introduction of a VAT administration mechanism using the VAT control account and Blockchain technology.

The seminar was organized for large taxpayers, representatives of small and medium business, public associations and other organizations.

The seminar was attended by the employees of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of “E-invoicing” IS developers, “1C-Rating” LLP, UNCTAD, Autonomous Cluster Fund “Park of Innovative Technologies” and taxpayers of Akmola and North Kazakhstan regions.

Opening the seminar, the Head of the State Revenue Department for Akmola region Tauken Oshakbayev introduced the seminar program and the participants of the seminar - officials of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of the “E-invoicing” IS developers, “1C-Rating” LLP, UNCTAD, ACF “PIT”.

      The Deputy Head of the End-to-End Monitoring Department of the SRC MF RK Saltanat Matkulova, spoke on the topic “The features of VAT refund when the VAT control account is used by VAT payers”. She introduced to taxpayers new methods of VAT administration and gave a detailed presentation on the work of taxpayers with the information system VAT BLOCKCHAIN, and also answered the questions about the procedure for filing a claim for VAT refund.

The Chief Analyst of “Open System Development” LLP Irina Mikheyeva spoke about the E-invoicing Information System and the “Virtual Warehouse” functionality in terms of accounting of goods when taxpayers use the VAT control account.

A video was shown to taxpayers, which clearly demonstrated the work of the “Virtual Warehouse” module.

Next, the expert of “1С Rating” LLP Viktoriya Gusseva delivered a presentation on the theme “Registration of 1С operations in the taxpayer’s accounting system: Accounting when using the VAT control account.

The Coordinator of the UNCTAD office Umitkul Gubasheva elaborated on the electronic customs declaration of goods and the procedure for transferring information to the ASTANA-1 Information System. She told about the start of operation of the ASTANA-1 Information System, and also highlighted the advantages of this program both for participants of foreign economic activities and for those involved in customs operations.

The Head of the End-to-End Monitoring Department of the SRC MF RK Dosmagambetov Garifolla in his interview highlighted the main features and benefits of the implementation of the Blockchain technology.

Among them there were the reduction of VAT return periods, the automatic generation of a preliminary declaration, the reduction of the number of inspections, the impossibility of applying grey schemes and others.

The competent answers were given to questions received during the seminar.

You can watch the video of the seminar in the news block on the website of the TV and radio company “Ko`kshe” at:  http://kokshetautv.kz/ru/news/society/sistema-sbora-nalogov-na-tehnologi...

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