Asia Plus: Authorities name largest tax debtors budget revenues arrears

The report states that Tajikistan’s Tax Committee published its latest list of top tax debtors on 8 August 2025, headed by Open Joint Stock Company “Electricity Distribution Networks” with an outstanding debt of 144 million somoni (about US$13.2 million). Tax Committee chairman Nusratullo Davlatzoda named the next three largest debtors as Khujand City Sanitary Transport Service (30 million somoni), Juntai-Dangara Sin Silu Textile (22 million somoni), and Ziddi Coal Deposit (19 million somoni). The report states that while the total number of large debtors is gradually decreasing, unpaid taxes remain a significant challenge. From January to June 2025, the state budget received over 12.715 billion somoni (US$1.17 billion), exceeding planned targets by 1.5 billion somoni, with 9,800 new taxpayers added. The report states that in the same period 12,726 businesses closed — 1,878 more than in the first half of 2024 — while 23,308 new businesses were registered. Tajikistan currently has 375,100 active taxpayers. According to Davlatzoda, 43%–45% of budget revenue in recent years has come from just 40 entities, with five largest taxpayers accounting for 14% of state revenue. The report states that tax arrears stood at 975.8 million somoni (US$88.8 million) as of 1 June 2025, up 235.6 million from the previous year. Authorities issued over 9,000 forced-collection rulings worth 670.5 million somoni and recorded 14,800 tax violations, fining offenders 331 million somoni.