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ASTANA–Foreign digital companies have paid Kazakhstan 178.8 billion tenge ($390.2 million) in value-added tax since 2022, with annual collections rising more than fivefold over three years under the country’s so-called Google tax.

Kazakhstan Advises Officials Against Showing Luxury Purchases Online – Caspianpost.com

ASTANA – Kazakhstan’s government has approved the Forecast of Socio-Economic Development and draft national budget for 2027-2029, targeting annual economic growth of more than 5% through 2029 while reducing the budget deficit to 0.4% of GDP. Financial analyst Rassul Rysmambetov says the targets are achievable, but only if Kazakhstan expands its productive capacity through greater…

Kazakh consumers spent 3.77 trillion tenge (about $8.2 billion) on online purchases in 2025, roughly 50% more than two years earlier. E-commerce now accounts for 14.3% of the country’s retail market, with most sales taking place through marketplaces such as Kaspi.kz, Wildberries, and Ozon.

Kazakhstan and South Korea are set to launch a dual-degree program in information security and artificial intelligence, Qazinform News Agency cites the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Science and Higher Education.