The Mazhilis has raised the issue of introducing a single payment to replace taxes and social contributions on income. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
According to deputy Berik Beisengaliyev, currently an accountant calculates 7-8 different payments for each employee. Thus, as the number of hired workers increases, the accountant's workload grows. And entrepreneurs are in no hurry to hire many people on staff.
The deputy cited Georgia as an example: "For instance, Georgia was the first among post-Soviet countries to implement a successful reform. They completely abolished the single social tax and payroll contributions. Instead, they introduced a 20 percent income tax. In addition to this tax, there are 2 percent pension contributions paid by the employer and employee. As a result, businesses massively came out of the shadows," said Beisengaliyev.
Similarly, Estonia, Sweden, and Singapore have introduced a single payment, after which all taxes and social contributions are distributed automatically. "Thus, developed countries do not complicate the tax system but prioritize consolidating payments and simplifying administration as much as possible. In our opinion, we should keep the current mandatory pension contributions and individual income tax, and combine the remaining payments – social tax, social contributions, mandatory medical insurance contributions, and employer's mandatory pension contributions. The state will then distribute the funds received among the social insurance fund, medical insurance fund, and the unified pension fund," the deputy said.
Beisengaliyev sent a deputy's request to the Prime Minister proposing to consider this issue.