Tax reform will not solve the problem of Kazakhstan's state budget deficit, and comprehensive measures are needed to address this issue. This opinion was expressed by the director of the Talap Center for Applied Research, Askar Kysykov, on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. The Government of Kazakhstan is discussing tax reform, which implies an increase in VAT from 12% to 20%.
A possible increase in VAT in Kazakhstan from 12% to 20% will lead to higher prices, lower real incomes and higher inflation. This forecast was made by Askar Kysykov, director of the Talap Center for Applied Research, on the Rossiya 24 TV channel. The Government of Kazakhstan is discussing tax reform in order to solve the problem of the state budget deficit. The reform involves an increase in VAT from 12% to 20%.
The National Bank recently decided to keep the base rate at 15.25% per annum with a range of +/- 1 percentage point, Kazinform agency correspondent reports.
At the end of last year, the dollar exchange rate in the exchangers of Kazakhstan exceeded 530 tenge.
Chinese marketplaces are killing Kazakhstan's SMEs-publications with such headlines have periodically appeared in local media over the past year. In Russian, by the way, too. What is behind the information attacks on Chinese platforms, with what results does e-commerce end the year in the country, and what problems should actually be solved? Read about this in today's TAJ.report analysis.
The state is still involved in the economy In May of this year, the Presidential Decree "On measures to liberalize the economy" was issued. The document is aimed at ensuring freedom of entrepreneurship through the development of competition, reducing state participation in the economy and reducing business costs.
The presentation presents the main factors of monetary policy inefficiency and high inflation. This includes a pro-inflationary exchange rate policy, a non-functioning interest rate channel, as well as proposals to improve the situation, in particular, the transition to a comprehensive anti-inflationary policy that takes into account all inflation factors and provides for joint targeting of inflation, smoothing exchange rate fluctuations and economic growth.
