Kazakhstan Senate Approves Amnesty For Nearly 300 Million Tenge In Fines

Kazakhstan’s Senate has approved a bill on administrative amnesty linked to the adoption of the new Constitution, Orda.kz reports, citing the State Revenue Committee.

If the bill is signed and enters into force, more than 2000 Kazakhstanis and individual entrepreneurs will be exempt from paying administrative fines.

The amnesty will apply to citizens of Kazakhstan, individual entrepreneurs, private notaries, bailiffs, lawyers and legal consultants. It will not apply to legal entities, officials, kandas, foreigners or stateless persons.

Tax violations are also excluded from the amnesty. These include concealment of taxable objects, tax evasion and understatement of tax obligations. The Finance Ministry said such violations cause significant damage to the economy.

Separately, a conditional clean-slate mechanism is already in effect for micro and small businesses. It allows penalties and fines to be written off if tax debt recorded as of January 1, 2026, is fully repaid.

According to the Finance Ministry, as of April 9, 19,000 small and microbusinesses had used this mechanism. After repaying 13 billion tenge in principal debt, they had 4.4 billion tenge in penalties and 4.9 billion tenge in fines written off.

Preliminary estimates show the new administrative amnesty will affect about 2370 people, with fines totaling 298.4 million tenge. This includes 448 individuals with 72.7 million tenge in fines and 1930 individual entrepreneurs with 225.6 million tenge in fines.

The final figures will be known after the law is adopted and officially enters into force, the State Revenue Committee said.

Original author: Alexander Smolin

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