Taxman Gives Tajik Businesses a Break
Taxman Gives Tajik Businesses a Break
Industrial firms in Tajikistan are to benefit from a three-year moratorium on official inspections seen as hampering business activity.
The move, in effect from October 1, is intended to boost the country’s weak manufacturing base. Many believe the authorities could be doing more to encourage agricultural processing and production of building materials, in particular.
Economist Giorgy Kishlakov welcomes the suspension of intrusive inspections, but warns that this must not be seen as a license for business owners to avoid paying taxes.
Zubaidullo Sultanov, head of the finance faculty at the Russian-Tajik Slavic University in Dushanbe, would like to see the authorities positively encouraging business start-ups by ensuring that they can access cheap bank loans.
The audio programme, in Russian and Tajik, went out on national radio stations in Tajikistan, as part of IWPR project work funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
