The new year 2025 brings yet another change for business owners in Kazakhstan: starting January 1, individual entrepreneurs and legal entities are required to undergo universal income declaration. This process, essentially a business assets census, applies to all entrepreneurs regardless of their industry. Thus, the submission of Declaration Form 250 is required for everyone from small shop owners and confectioners to large enterprise managers.
Any companies and individuals with whom you conduct business are considered your counterparties. The success of your transactions equally depends on both you and your partners. This means that entering into business relationships is only advisable with verified, reliable, and responsible partners. Unfortunately, not all counterparties meet these criteria. How can you determine whether a partner is trustworthy? You need to assess the counterparty's risk level.
The Labor Code of Kazakhstan and other national laws state that every employee is entitled to an annual paid leave, and 2025 is no exception. While vacation is a time for employees to rest and recharge, for an accountant, it is a busy period: they must handle all the paperwork (applications, orders), consider the type of leave, and calculate the number of days and the amount of vacation pay according to Kazakhstan’s legislation.
How should vacation days be calculated in Kazakhstan in 2025? What nuances should be considered? We will answer these questions, taking into account the types of leave relevant for Kazakhstan.
Individual entrepreneurs and partnerships operating under a simplified system in 2025 must submit Form 910 to regulatory authorities. This declaration contains data on income, taxes paid (including Personal Income Tax and social tax, totaling 3% of income), deductions made for oneself and employees. The form allows reporting these parameters for each month of the half-year.
When registering an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) in Kazakhstan, entrepreneurs provide crucial information, such as the legal address and the list of founders. But what should they do if this information changes? In such cases, a re-registration procedure for the LLP is required.
In mid-March, Bank CenterCredit launched a series of interviews featuring Kazakhstani entrepreneurs. The protagonist of the first interview was Gulmira Aytimbetova. Her story is truly inspiring: she embarked on a challenging journey from running a small tailor shop in a rented apartment to establishing her own business, whose clients now include some of the largest Kazakhstani and international companies. Among them are the luxury hotel chain The Ritz-Carlton, the Shymkent Brewery, the SMALL supermarket chain, and the Kazakhstan Hotel.
Today, GUITEX is one of the largest companies in the country specializing in corporate clothing production. It boasts over 100 regular organizational clients, and its production volume reaches 60 million tenge.
Wildberries, Ozon, Lamoda – these marketplaces are used by thousands of Kazakhstani citizens daily to order goods. For example, within just one year, Ozon’s turnover in Kazakhstan increased tenfold, and the number of orders per active customer approached 20 per year. An equally large number of people use the courier service SDEK. Therefore, opening a pickup point (PVP) for these companies is a promising business idea.
For businesses of various sizes and specializations to legally operate in Kazakhstan, they must pay taxes. The funds collected by the government are used to address various needs, from ensuring national security to implementing state programs, including those supporting businesses.
What taxes exist for businesses in Kazakhstan? How many and what types of taxes do companies pay?