- The Deputy Prime Minister met with business representatives in Almaty to discuss tax reform.
- The meeting included the Minister of Finance, the Vice Minister of National Economy, and representatives of large and small businesses.
- Key topics discussed included lowering the VAT registration threshold to 15 million tenge and narrowing the scope of activities subject to the retail tax on B2C.
- The government will not abolish social tax and OPVR payments for entrepreneurs.
- The government is losing 800 billion tenge annually in income tax due to business fragmentation.
- The government aims to combat the shadow economy by lowering the VAT registration threshold and simplifying the special regime for B2C businesses.
- All proposals will be reviewed by working groups in the government before being submitted to the Majilis for consideration.
Source: uchet.kz
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