Tax Committee
Report
Doniyorbek Zulunov
Tax Committee Co-Chairperson
Дониёрбек Зулунов
Сопредседатель Комитета по вопросам налогообложения
The issues of tax and customs legislation and
administration are particularly important to the
business community in light of the forthcoming reforms
in this area. The main objective of the committee is to
consolidate EUROBAK members’ recommendations and
interaction with state bodies on issues of improving the
current legislative and regulatory environment as well as
discussing development.
During the reporting period, the committee worked on a
wide range of issues, such as changes in appeal procedure
of tax audits, tax administration development trends and
the new proposed Tax Code.
The business community welcomes the aspiration of the
Republic of Kazakhstan to bring the legislation and regulation
in compliance with OECD standards. EUROBAK member
companies proactively share the best international practices on
various taxation and administration issues, aiming to support
state bodies during the reform process, as well as appealing
to the proposed changes, which, in the opinion of member
companies, may not correspond to the best international
practices. EUROBAK will continue its active interaction with
state bodies on conceptual directions of the taxation reform.
We believe that the taxation system will be effective only in
combination with its effective administration. The tax and
customs administration impacts the country’s investment
attractiveness, since it is connected with the efficiency
of business processes, as well as the transparency and
predictability of the regulatory environment. In this regard,
the committee will continue its work on development of
recommendations for a number of issues important to the
business community, such as exclusion of criminal liability
for tax offences in the case of voluntary payment of taxes
and penalties; improvement of tax legislation and law-
enforcement practices with respect to transactions with
fraudulent companies; the reform on indirect taxation
according to best international practices (e.g. OECD
member countries).
Events
May 2016-June 2017
Tax Committee meetings devoted to key topics:
· Changes in appeal procedure of tax audits
· Tax administration development trends
· New proposed Tax Code concept
Special events:
· Forum with Daulet Yergozhin, Chairman of the State
Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of RK
· Round table with Timur Suleimenov, Minister of National
Economy of RK
Special projects:
· Letters to the Ministries on e-invoicing, representative
offices status
· Presentation of the position paper on tax issues to the
Prime Minister of RK
Plans
Plans for the near future include preparation of comments to
the draft concept of the new Tax Code to be submitted to the
Ministry of National Economy of RK and a request to meet or
hold a round table with the Chairman of the State Revenue
Committee of the Ministry of Finance of RK.
We would like to express our gratitude to the Ministry of
National Economy of RK and, personally, to the Minister Timur
Suleimenov, and the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry
of Finance of RK as well as personally to Daulet Yergozhin, then
the Chairman of the Committee, for their readiness to have
an open and constructive dialogue with EUROBAK member
companies.
We would also like to thank the members of EUROBAK
for supporting the committee’s initiatives and their active
involvement. With your help, we have conducted seven
discussion meetings where more than 300 people having
participated.