Kazakhstan’s Universal Income Declaration Should Be Postponed, Experts Say

Some experts believe that formal income declarations, which are planned to be introduced for most Kazakhstanis in 2025, should be postponed. The effect of declarations by officials and employees of quasi-public sector enterprises hasn’t yet been noticeable, as The Times of Central Asia looks into the situation.

Many officials and employees of quasi-government companies are transferring assets to wives and relatives, authorities said at the start of the tax reform. The filing of declarations was supposed to bring the personal assets of…