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Many car owners in Kazakhstan are grappling with questions about how to correctly calculate their vehicle taxes. A significant point of confusion arises from the online calculator provided by the State Revenue Committee (SRC), which currently fails to account for the year of a vehicle's manufacture. This technical glitch prevents the application of previously announced tax benefits for older cars.

Technical Glitch Hampers Tax Calculations

The online service on the SRC website, designed to help citizens calculate their vehicle tax, is currently non-operational. SRC representatives have attributed this issue to a technical malfunction and assured that the service will be restored soon, though specific details about the problem have not been disclosed.

New Tax Reliefs and Implementation Timeline

While amendments to the Tax Code have been approved, their full effect is not immediate. Tax payments are currently being processed for the previous period. According to the SRC, the tax benefits for vehicles aged 10-20 years and those over 20 years old will officially apply to the tax obligations for 2026. These taxes will be paid in 2027. For the current year, 2025, tax payments are still being calculated under the old rules.

The minimum wage for 2025, set at 3,692 tenge, will be used for calculating 2025 taxes. This figure is projected to rise to 4,325 tenge in 2026. Consequently, car owners will only experience a tangible reduction in their tax burden in 2027, when they pay the taxes accrued for 2026.

Understanding Tax Rates and New Regulations

For passenger cars, the tax amount is determined by engine displacement and is calculated based on the monthly calculated index (MCI). Starting in 2026, new regulations for calculating vehicle taxes will be introduced in Kazakhstan. For passenger cars, reduced coefficients based on age will be applied: 0.7 for vehicles between 10-20 years old, and 0.5 for those over 20 years old.

The fundamental method for tax calculation remains unchanged. Taxes are based on engine size, are paid annually, and must be submitted by April 1st of the year following the reporting year.

Development of Tax Relief Measures

The initiative to reduce the tax burden for owners of older vehicles was discussed as early as 2024. At that time, proposals included a 30% tax reduction for cars aged 10-20 years and up to a 50% reduction for cars older than 20 years. These provisions have since been incorporated into the new Tax Code.

The source article also mentions exemptions from taxes for certain categories of individuals, but details were not provided in the excerpt.

This information was reported by the Infohub.kz news agency.