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29.09.2026

Currency Control: Challenges Kazakhstan Businesses Face When Working with Non-Residents

Kazakhstan companies regularly work with foreign counterparties: they purchase goods and services abroad (import) or sell their products to foreign buyers (export).

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28.09.2026

A 15-Year Tax Game: How Kazakhstan's New Tax Code Tests Investor Confidence

A major investment project in Kazakhstan resembles a chess game with a 15-year horizon. The investor makes the opening move using the Tax Code as a roadmap. But such a game can only be won on one condition: the rules must not change mid-play

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22.09.2026

Tax Code 2026: What to Check in Your Company Now

The new Tax Code has been in force since 1 January 2026, and a package of amendments is already being prepared. Some changes open up new opportunities; others create risks that many companies are not yet aware of.

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16.09.2026

The Digital Transformation of the Court System: What Has Changed and What It Means for Business

Over the past decade, court proceedings in Kazakhstan have moved from isolated electronic filings to fully digital case files, analytical systems and robot-generated procedural decisions.

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14.09.2026

Consultancy and IT Services from Non-Residents: When Tax Authorities See Royalties

The line between services and royalties is growing ever finer. Current court practice shows that in certain cases, fees for services are reclassified as royalties for the transfer of commercial experience (know-how).

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09.09.2026

Dividends Before Year-End: How to Keep a Payment to a Shareholder from Becoming an Accounting Headache

Interim dividends have long been a routine instrument of corporate practice: business owners are not always willing to wait until the end of the financial year to receive a share of the profit their company has earned. The Law on Limited Liability Partnerships permits the distribution of net income not only on annual results but also on the results of a quarter or half-year.

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02.09.2026

International Taxation and Transfer Pricing: From Checking Payments to Assessing the Whole Structure

The closing session of the forum was devoted to international taxation, transfer pricing, intra-group transactions, the application of tax treaties and the substantiation of the economic substance of transactions.

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31.08.2026

Criminal Cases on Financial Offences: What Court Practice Has Shown

Representatives of the judiciary, practising defence lawyers, in-house specialists and experts discussed how charges in tax offences are constructed, how the courts assess whether transactions were genuine and whether individuals acted with intent, who within a company should bear responsibility, and how to build a defence before a criminal case ever arises.

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28.08.2026

Инвесторы и государство: предсказуемость вместо особых привилегий

Третья сессия Astana Tax Forum была посвящена одному из ключевых вопросов инвестиционного климата: как сегодня разрешаются споры между инвесторами и государством и что в действительности нужно бизнесу для уверенности в защите своих прав.

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26.08.2026

The Administrative Procedural Code and the Code of Administrative Offences in Tax Disputes: What the Discussion at Astana Tax Forum Revealed

The second session of Astana Tax Forum examined how the Administrative Procedural Code (APC) and the Code of Administrative Offences (CAO) are applied in tax disputes.

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24.08.2026

Kazakhstan's New Tax Code: First Results of the Reform, Seen by Business and Government

Based on the panel session at Astana Tax Forum 2026 The opening panel of Astana Tax Forum 2026 addressed a question that concerns virtually every company operating in Kazakhstan today:

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30.07.2026

Artificial Intelligence in HR in Kazakhstan: interest has gone mainstream, but companies are not yet ready to scale

75% of companies are already considering or using AI in HR, but only 23% use it actively. The market is looking for ways to move beyond pilot projects, yet processes, data and governance rules are still lagging behind.

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20.07.2026

Свободный склад и СТЗ в СЭЗ: таможенные льготы требуют сильной системы учета

Компании, применяющие таможенные процедуры свободного склада или свободной таможенной зоны на территории СЭЗ, получают значимые преимущества при импорте сырья, материалов, комплектующих, оборудования и иных товаров для производственных целей.

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06.07.2026

Таможенные проверки: как бизнесу избежать доначислений и блокировки деятельности

Таможенный контроль после выпуска товаров становится для бизнеса не формальной процедурой, а потенциальным финансовым риском.

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23.12.2025

Monitoring international transactions in 2025: what businesses need to know

In December 2025, Kazakhstan’s approach to monitoring international transactions under transfer pricing rules entered a new phase

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23.12.2025

Investment Regimes in Kazakhstan: How to Obtain Incentives and Government Support for Business

In modern business, confidence is the result of precise decisions, a well-thought-out strategy, and reliable partners

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05.12.2025

Environmental Legislation in Kazakhstan: Legal and Financial Risks for Business

On December 5, 2025, a roundtable titled “Problematic Issues of Environmental Legislation: Legal Norms, Implementation, and Judicial Practice” was held in Astana.

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22.12.2025

Fortune Partners: Building a New Standard of Advisory in Kazakhstan

Fortune Partners was founded with a clear idea in mind: to combine the discipline and scale of Big Four practices, the precision of international law firms, and the practical understanding of how business really works in Kazakhstan.