To establish an effective platform for experience sharing, discussion of current issues, and development of solutions in the field of the oil, mining and metallurgical sectors by bringing together leading experts, analysts, and industry representatives at the Discussion Forum.
The Goal of the Forum
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Expert knowledge — gain unique insights from leading experts in the oil, mining, metallurgical and tax industries.
Relevant solutions – discuss new trends and approaches to taxation in the oil, mining and metallurgical sectors
New connections – network with professionals and establish partnerships for successful collaboration.
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SPEAKERS
BIRZHANOV YERZHAN YERIKULY
Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
IBRAYEV ALMAZ BOLATOVICH
Executive Director of the KazEnergy Association
KUDABAYEV SHAFKAT SERIKOVICH
Advisor to the Chairman of the Board of NC KazMunaiGas JSC
KUDYAROV ANDREY VIKTOROVICH
Head of Shell's Tax Department
BAIDILDINOV OLZHAS KHADZHIMURATOVICH
KUSPANOV YERLAN
MUKHTAROVICH
MUKHTAROVICH
General Director of Almex Polymer
Tax Practice Manager
Fortune Partners LLP
Fortune Partners LLP
KASENOV OLZHAS TLEUBERGENOVICH
Senior Manager
Tax Practice
Fortune Partners LLP
Tax Practice
Fortune Partners LLP
TASKARINA GULMIRA MAKHSATOVNA
SADRTDINOV RUSLAN VLADIMIROVICH
Senior Manager
Legal Practice
Fortune Partners LLP
Legal Practice
Fortune Partners LLP
Senior Manager
Legal Practice
Fortune Partners LLP
Legal Practice
Fortune Partners LLP
ZHUBANOV ADIL ORYNBASAROVICH
TOKMURZINA DANA AITMAGANBETOVNA
Member of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 8th convocation, Member of the Committee on Finance and Budget.
General Director
Fortune Partners LLP,
PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT.
Fortune Partners LLP,
PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT.
BAYRILESOV NURSULTAN TOLENOVICH
Member of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 8th convocation, Member of the Committee on Legislation and Judicial-Legal Reform.
ELYUBAEV ZHUMAGELDY SAKENOVICH
Chairman of the Chamber of Legal Consultants "Kazakhstan Bar Association."
NAZHMIDENOV BERIK TULEUTAYEVICH
Judge of the Judicial Board for administrative cases of the Supreme Court
The Republic of Kazakhstan
The Republic of Kazakhstan
AUBAKIROV NURLAN YERBOLATOVICH
Acting chairman of the specialized inter-district administrative court
of Astana.
of Astana.
KOZHANOV AZAMAT
KADYRKHANOVICH
KADYRKHANOVICH
Managing Director of KAZAKH INVEST National Company JSC
ABILKHAIROV DAUREN TURGANBAEVICH
Ph.D. of Engineering Sciences
An expert in the oil industry
An expert in the oil industry
MATZHANOV DINMUKHAMED
Head of Transfer Pricing Practice, LLP "Fortune Partners"
MASATBAYEV AIDAR ORALZHANOVICH
Managing Partner of SalyQtez Law Firm
SARSEMBEKOVA BIBIGUL TULEGENOVNA
Director of the Legal Department of Viterra Kazakhstan LLP
NURMANOV CHINGISKHAN ASKHARULY
Leading Legal Advisor
North Caspian Operating Company N.V (NCOC)
North Caspian Operating Company N.V (NCOC)
SAGNAEV, YERLAN ERMEKOVICH
Director of the Department of Tax and Customs Policy of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
NAUTIYEV ALIBEK IBATULLIYEVICH
Senator of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Economic Policy, Innovation Development, and Entrepreneurship
LUKPANOV SAGYNDYK YESENGALIYEVICH
Senator of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, member of the Committee on Economic Policy, Innovation Development, and Entrepreneurship
AGENDA
Draft Agenda of the discussion forum
«Taxation of the Oil Sector»
«Taxation of the Oil Sector»
9.30-10.00
Registration
10.00-11.00
Issues of tax administration / control of oil companies
11.00-11.10
11.30-12.30
13.20-13.30
12.30-12.40
11.10-11.30
12.40-13.20
13.30-14.30
Q&A Session
Tax policy for subsoil users: Draft of the new tax code. What’s new for subsoil users (Mining Tax, Rental Tax, EPT, CIT)
Q&A Session
Coffee-break
Recent amendments to industry legislation to attract investment in geoexploration
Q&A Session
Lunch time
14.30-15.30
15.30-15.40
Q&A Session
Summing up the Forum
15.40-16.00
VAT Refund: Judicial Practice and Enforcement of Decisions
Gala dinner
Radisson Hotel Astana
Radisson Hotel Astana
19.00-22.00
Speakers
- Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Y. Y. Birzhanov
- Specialized Department of the State Revenue Committee, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Subsoil Users
- Senior Manager of the Tax Practice at Fortune Partners – Olzhas Kasenov
Moderator – Managing Partner of Fortune Partners, PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT – D. A. Tokmurzina
Discussion topics
- Planned audits - the opacity of ICS (Internal Control System) as a tool for manipulation;
- Review of complaints regarding tax audits by the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan: objectivity and efficiency;
- Budget execution issues as a reason for unjustified additional tax assessments;
- Effectiveness of desk audits in light of recent amendments;
- Development of a uniform and transparent interpretation based on tax oversight practices;
- Digitalization of tax administration;
- Shift from post-factum audits to the prevention of tax violations;
- Development of tools such as APA (Advance Pricing Agreements), etc.
- Review of complaints regarding tax audits by the Ministry of Finance of Kazakhstan: objectivity and efficiency;
- Budget execution issues as a reason for unjustified additional tax assessments;
- Effectiveness of desk audits in light of recent amendments;
- Development of a uniform and transparent interpretation based on tax oversight practices;
- Digitalization of tax administration;
- Shift from post-factum audits to the prevention of tax violations;
- Development of tools such as APA (Advance Pricing Agreements), etc.
Speakers
Vice Minister of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan – A. K. Amrin
Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Y. Y. Birzhanov
KAZENERGY Association – Ibraev A.B.
Representative of a Subsoil User Company
Manager of the Tax Practice at Fortune Partners – Erlan Kuspаnov
Moderator – Managing Partner of Fortune Partners, PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT – D. A. Tokmurzina
Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Y. Y. Birzhanov
KAZENERGY Association – Ibraev A.B.
Representative of a Subsoil User Company
Manager of the Tax Practice at Fortune Partners – Erlan Kuspаnov
Moderator – Managing Partner of Fortune Partners, PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT – D. A. Tokmurzina
Discussion topics
--Innovations for subsoil users in the new Tax Code;
--Calculation of the tax burden on the industry;
--Controversial issues regarding the application of MET (Mineral Extraction Tax) benefits for low-profit, high-viscosity, waterlogged, low-production, and depleted fields.
--Calculation of the tax burden on the industry;
--Controversial issues regarding the application of MET (Mineral Extraction Tax) benefits for low-profit, high-viscosity, waterlogged, low-production, and depleted fields.
Speakers
- Senator of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Deputies of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Baytilesov N.T., Zhubanov A.O.
- Director of the Department of the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Kudabayev S.S.
- JSC NC «KazMunayGas»
- Head of the Tax Department at Shell – Andrey Kudyarov
- Managing Director of JSC NC «Kazakh Invest» - Kozhanov A.K.
Moderator – General Director of Almex Polymer – Olzhas Baidildinov
Discussion topics
- Additional exploration of deposits / new contracts;
- Expected revenues.
- Expected revenues.
Speakers
- Judge of the Judicial Collegium for administrative cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Najmidenov B.T.
- Acting Chairman of the Specialized Inter-District Administrative Court of Astana - Aubakirov N.E.
- Department for VAT Refunds, State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Senior Manager of the Legal Practice at Fortune Partners – Ruslan Sadrtdinov
- Expert in the oil industry, Ph.D. - Abilkhairov D.T.
Moderator – Managing Partner of Fortune Partners, PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT – D. A. Tokmurzina
- Acting Chairman of the Specialized Inter-District Administrative Court of Astana - Aubakirov N.E.
- Department for VAT Refunds, State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Senior Manager of the Legal Practice at Fortune Partners – Ruslan Sadrtdinov
- Expert in the oil industry, Ph.D. - Abilkhairov D.T.
Moderator – Managing Partner of Fortune Partners, PhD in Law, LLM (UK), ADIT – D. A. Tokmurzina
Discussion topics
- What the completion of the administrative procedure means in light of the court's legal position;
- Execution of court rulings on VAT refunds;
- Clarification of court rulings under the Administrative procedural and process-related code (APPC);
- Withdrawal of claims for the enforcement of VAT refunds;
- Jurisdiction of claims regarding penalties for delays in VAT refunds.
- Execution of court rulings on VAT refunds;
- Clarification of court rulings under the Administrative procedural and process-related code (APPC);
- Withdrawal of claims for the enforcement of VAT refunds;
- Jurisdiction of claims regarding penalties for delays in VAT refunds.
Speakers
- Deputy Head of the Transfer Pricing Department of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan - Karabayev N.N.
- Information and Pricing Agency Argus Media - Ilyasov T.
- Representative of a Subsoil User Company
- Oil trading company
Moderator – Head of Transfer Pricing Practice at Fortune Partners – Matzhanov D.M.
- Information and Pricing Agency Argus Media - Ilyasov T.
- Representative of a Subsoil User Company
- Oil trading company
Moderator – Head of Transfer Pricing Practice at Fortune Partners – Matzhanov D.M.
Discussion topics
- Changes in the supply chain and their impact on taxation.
- Pricing and the application of KEBCO (Kazakhstan Export Blend Crude Oil).
- Pricing and the application of KEBCO (Kazakhstan Export Blend Crude Oil).
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