DRAFT

 

CODE ON TAXES AND FEES

 

OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

 

 

(TAX CODE)

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GENERAL PART.. 7

SECTION I.  GENERAL PROVISIONS. 7

Chapter 1. General Provisions. 7

Article 1. Legislation of the Kyrgyz Republic on taxes and fees. 7

Article 2. Relations regulated by the legislation on taxes and fees. 7

Article 3. Basic principles of the legislation on taxes and fees. 7

Article 4. Principle of obligatory nature of taxation. 7

Article 5. Principle of clear definition of taxation. 7

Article 6. Principle of fair taxation. 7

Article 7. Principle of a single tax system.. 7

Article 8. Principle of publicity of the legislation on taxes and fees. 7

Article 9. Principle of presumption of taxpayer’s good faith. 7

Article 10. Making amendments and additions to legislation on taxes and fees. 7

Article 11. Clarifications on application of the norms of the legislation on taxes and fees. 7

Article 12. Normative legal acts of the government bodies and administrative-executive bodies of the local self-governments  7

Article 13. Validity of legislative acts on taxes and fees. 7

Article 14.  Inconsistency between the legal normative acts on taxes and fees and this Code. 7

Article 15. Procedure for reckoning time limits established by the legislation on taxes and fees. 7

Article 16. Effect of international treaties and/or other acts of the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 17. Parties to tax legal relations regulated by the legislation on taxes and fees and Financial Police Services. 7

Article 18. Concept of a tax and fee. 7

Article 19. Institutions, terms and concepts used in this Code. 7

Chapter 2.  System of taxes and fees in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 20. Types of taxes and fees in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 21. National taxes and fees. 7

Article 22. Local taxes and fees. 7

Article 23. Information on local taxes and fees. 7

Article 24. General conditions of imposing taxes and fees. 7

Article 25. Special tax regimes. 7

SECTION II. TAXPAYERS AND PAYERS OF FEES. TAX AGENTS. REPRESENTATION IN TAX  RELATIONS. 7

Chapter 3. Taxpayers and payers of fees. Tax agents. 7

Article 26. Taxpayers and payers of fees. 7

Article 27. Related persons. 7

Article 28. Tax agents. 7

Article 29. Rights of the taxpayers. 7

Article 30. Guarantee and Protection of the Taxpayers' Rights. 7

Article 31. Taxpayers’ obligations. 7

Article 32.  Rights and obligations of the tax agents. 7

Chapter 4.  Representation in tax relations. 7

Article 33. Representation in tax legal relations. 7

SECTION III. TAX SERVICE. 7

Chapter 5.  General rules. 7

Article 34.  Tasks and structure of the tax service agencies. 7

Article 35. Bodies collecting taxes. 7

Article 36. Rights of the tax service bodies. 7

Article 37.  Duties of the tax service bodies. 7

Article 38.  Financing and logistical provision for the tax service bodies. 7

Article 39. Officials of the tax service bodies. 7

Article 40. Conflict of interests. 7

Article 41. Tax Secret 7

Article 42. Powers of the customs bodies to collect taxes. 7

Article 43. Powers of the administrative and executive bodies of the local self-governments to collect taxes and fees. 7

Article 44. Cooperation between tax service bodies and other government agencies and bodies of the local self-governments  7

Article 45. Legal and social protection of tax service officials. 7

SECTION IV. 7

GENERAL TAX PAYMENT PROCEDURES. 7

Chapter 6. General provisions. 7

Article 46. Tax obligation. 7

Article 47. Emergence, alteration and termination of a tax obligation. 7

Chapter 7. Fulfillment of the tax obligation and the grounds for its termination. 7

Article 48.  Fulfillment of a tax obligation. 7

Article 49. Procedure and deadlines for the fulfillment of a tax obligation. 7

Article 50.  Discharge of a tax obligation. 7

Article 51. Fulfillment of a tax obligation by a legal entity undergoing liquidation. 7

Article 52. Fulfillment of a tax obligation in the event of reorganization of an organization. 7

Article 53.  Fulfillment of a tax obligation of a physical person who is deceased or recognized by the court as missing or incapable  7

Article 54. Specific features of the fulfillment of a tax obligation by the organization undergoing bankruptcy procedure through liquidation or restructuring. 7

Article 55. Specific features of the fulfillment of a tax obligation by the organization undergoing the bankruptcy procedure through readjustment or rehabilitation. 7

Article 56.  Statute of limitations. 7

Article 57. Write off of the bad debts on taxes and fees. 7

Chapter 8. Elements of taxation and imposing fees. 7

Article 58. Objects of taxation and imposing fees. 7

Article 59.  Tax base and base for imposing fees. 7

Article 60. Rate of a tax and a fee. 7

Article 61.  Tax and fee period. 7

Article 62. Procedure of computation of the tax and the fee. 7

Article 63.  Deadlines for paying taxes and fees. 7

Article 64. Procedure for payment of taxes and fees. 7

Article 65.  Procedure for discharging the tax debt by the taxpayer 7

Chapter 9. Changes in deadlines for the fulfillment of a tax obligation. 7

Article 66. General conditions for changing deadlines for payment of a tax and a fee, and fines. 7

Article 67. Circumstances ruling out changes in the deadline for the payment of tax arrears. 7

Article 68.  Bodies authorized to make decisions about changes in the deadline for payment of tax arrears. 7

Article 69.  Procedure and conditions for granting deferment or  installment plan for paying tax arrears. 7

Article 70. Termination of Operation of Deferment and Payment by Installments. 7

Article 71. Procedure for enforcement and realization of the pledged property of the taxpayer 7

Chapter 10. Notice of the tax service bodies. 7

Article 72. Notice of the tax service bodies , its content. 7

Article 73. Types of the notices and grounds for their dispatch. 7

Chapter 11. Tax enforcement methods. 7

Article 74. Tax enforcement measures. 7

Article 75.  Property pledge. 7

Article 76.  Guarantee. 7

Article 77.  Penalty interest 7

Article 78. Enforcement of the tax debt recognized by the taxpayer from his cash funds and (or) the funds from the accounts of the taxpayer and (or) the thirds persons. 7

Chapter 12.Measures of compulsory collection of the tax debt 7

Article 79. Measures of compulsory collection of the tax debt 7

Chapter 13. Crediting and refund of excessively paid tax and fee amounts in settlements with the budget for the fulfillment of tax obligation. 7

Article 80.  Crediting of excess taxes paid by the taxpayer in settlements with the budget for the fulfillment of a tax obligation  7

Article 81.  Refund of the overpaid  taxes and fees. 7

SECTION V. TAX CONTROL. 7

Chapter 14. Tax control 7

Article 82. Concept and the forms of the tax control 7

Chapter 15. Registration of taxpayers. 7

Article 83. General provisions. 7

Article 84.  Tax  registration. 7

Article 85. Deadlines for taxpayers’ registration. 7

Article 86.  Taxpayer’s identification number 7

Article 87.  Recording of taxpayers’ registration. 7

Article 88. Removal from the Taxpayers’ State Register 7

Article 89. Provisions specific to the tax registration of nonresident individuals and foreign organizations. 7

Article 90. Recording of the VAT payers and the persons applying special tax regimes. 7

Article 91.  Cooperation between authorized agencies in the registration of taxpayers. 7

Article 92. Obligations of banks or institutions performing certain types of banking operations. 7

Chapter 16.  Tax accounting and tax reporting. 7

Article 93. Regulations and method of tax accounting. 7

Article 94. Simplified method of tax accounting by small businesses. 7

Article 95. Preparation and storage of accounting records. 7

Article 96. Separate accounting and rules for keeping separate accounting. 7

Article 97.  Tax reporting. 7

Article 98.  Procedure for preparation and filing of tax reports. 7

Article 99. Extension of the deadline for filing  tax reports. 7

Article 100.   Changes and additions to tax reports. 7

Article 101.  Time period for keeping tax reports on file. 7

Chapter 17. The procedure for determining the objects of taxation in certain cases. 7

Article 102. Procedure of identification of the objects of taxation on the basis of indirect methods. 7

Article 103. Taxation of the contested income. 7

Article 104. Principles of determining the price of goods, works and services for taxation purposes. 7

Chapter 18. Tax audits. 7

Article 105. Concept and types of tax audits. 7

Article 106.  Periodicity of documentary  audits. 7

Article 107.  Time period for the performance of documentary  audits. 7

Article 108.  Grounds  for the documentary audit 7

Article 109.  Beginning of a documentary   audit 7

Article 110. Completion of a documentary audit 7

Article 111.   Making decision based on results of consideration of the documentary audit materials. 7

Article 112.  Office(paper) verification. 7

Chapter 19. On-site audit and time study. 7

Article 113. The on-site audit 7

Article 114. Time study. 7

Chapter 20. Use of cash registers with fiscal memory. 7

Article 115.  Use of cash registers with fiscal memory. 7

Article 116. Requirements for application of cash registers with fiscal memory. 7

Article 117. Tax control over compliance with the procedure for application and use of cash registers with fiscal memory. 7

Chapter 21. Tax posts. Control of excisable goods, of compliance with the procedures for the recording, storage, appraisal, and realization of the property turned over to the state, supervision over tax collecting bodies. 7

Article 118.  Tax posts. 7

Article 119.   Control of excisable goods. 7

Article 120. Supervision over tax collecting bodies. 7

Chapter 22. Access, inspection, demand of documents, expert examination, drawing up reports. 7

when performing tax actions. 7

Article 121.  Access by officials of a tax service body  to grounds or premises for the purpose of performing the documentary audit, the on-site audit, time study and (or) opening of the tax posts. 7

Article 122. Inspection. 7

Article 123. Demand of the documents. 7

Article 124. Expert examination. 7

Article 125.  General requirements to the report on undertaken tax actions. 7

SECTION VI. Tax Offenses and Liability for Committing Them.. 7

Chapter 23.  General Provisions on Liability for Committing Tax Offenses. 7

Article 126.  Concept of Tax Offense. 7

Article 127. Procedure for  consideration of the  tax offence cases. 7

Article 128. Persons Liable for Committing Tax Offenses. 7

Article 129. General Conditions of Holding [Taxpayers] Liable for Committing Tax Offenses. 7

Article 130. Circumstances Ruling out the Possibility of Holding a Person Liable for Committing a Tax Offense. 7

Article 131. Forms of Guilt of Committing a Tax Offense. 7

Article 132.  Circumstances Ruling Out the Guilt of a Person in Committing a Tax Offense. 7

Article 133. Statute of Limitations for Tax Offenses. 7

Article 134.  Tax Sanctions. 7

Article 135.   Statute of Limitations for Enforcement of Tax Sanctions. 7

Chapter 24. Types of Tax Offenses and Liability for Committing Them.. 7

Article 136.  Avoidance of Registration with a Tax Authority. 7

Article 137.   Failure to  File  a Tax Report 7

Article 138. Understatement of the amounts of tax and (or) a fee. 7

Article 139.  Failure of a Tax Agent to Fulfill the Duty of Withholding and (or) Remitting Taxes. 7

Article 140. Unlawful Obstruction of Entry to an official of the tax service body. 7

Article 141.  Liability  of a Bank. 7

SECTION VII.  APPEALING  THE DECISIONS OF THE TAX SERVICE BODIES. ACTIONS AND(OR) INACTION OF THE TAX SERVICE OFFICIALS . RESPONSIBILITY OF A TAX SERVICE OFFICIAL FOR VIOLATION OF THE LEGISLATION ON TAXES AND FEES. COMPENSATION OF THE TAXPAYER'S LOSSES. 7

Chapter 25.  Procedure for Appealing the Decisions of the Tax Service Bodies. 7

Article 142.  Authorities responsible for reviewing taxpayers’ appeals against decisions of the tax service bodies. 7

Article 143.  Procedure for filing an appeal by the taxpayer 7

Article 144.  Form and content of the taxpayer’s appeal 7

Article 145.  Review of the taxpayer’s appeal 7

Article 146.  Content of a decision and the procedure of informing about the decision passed based on results of an appeal's review   7

Article 147.  Consequences of filing an appeal 7

Chapter 26. Procedure for appealing the actions and (or)  inaction of the tax service officials. Liabilities of the tax service officials for the violation of the tax and fee legislation. Compensation of the taxpayer's losses. 7

Article 148.  Right to file an appeal 7

Article 149.  Procedure for appealing. 7

Article 150.  Liabilities of the tax service officials for the violation of the tax and fee legislation. 7

Article 151. Compensation of the taxpayer's losses caused by the actions and (or) inaction of the tax service officials. 7

SPECIAL PART.. 7

SECTION VIII. PERSONAL INCOME TAX.. 7

Chapter 27. General provisions. 7

Article 152.  Payers of income tax. 7

Article 153. Object of taxation. 7

Article 154.  Tax base. 7

Article 155.  Tax period. 7

Chapter 28. Gross annual income. 7

Article 156.  Composition of the gross annual income. 7

Article 157. Non-taxable income. 7

Chapter 29. Deductions from gross income to determine the tax base. 7

Article 158.  Standard tax deductions. 7

Article 159. Tax deductions for education. 7

Article 160. Property tax deductions. 7

Article 161. Deduction of contributions to the Social Fund and to Non-State Pension Funds of the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 162.  Tax deduction of the expenses incidental to income derived from entrepreneurial activity. 7

Article 163.  Prolongation of the losses incidental to entrepreneurial activity. 7

Chapter 30. Tax rates, procedure for computation, declaration and payment of the personal income tax. 7

Article 164.  Rates of personal income tax. 7

Article 165.  Calculation of personal income tax. 7

Article 166. Filing tax return. 7

Article 167. Payment of personal income tax. 7

Article 168.  Elimination of double taxation. 7

Chapter 31. Procedure for calculation, withholding and payment of the tax at the source of income in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 169. Income received from the source of income in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 170. Taxation at the source of income in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 171.  Date of emergence of income. 7

Article 172.  Calculation of tax subject to withholding and payment to budget by tax agents. 7

Article 173. Procedure and deadline for payment of the tax withheld at the source of income. 7

Article 174. Filing of the personal income tax statement by tax agents. 7

Chapter 32. Taxation provisions specific for separate categories of physical persons. 7

Article 175.  Taxation of workers of the missions of foreign states and representative offices of international organizations. 7

Article 176.  Procedure for calculation, withholding and payment of tax at the source of income in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 177.  Procedure for calculation, declaration and payment of income tax by a non-resident physical person, whose activity results in the formation of a permanent office. 7

SECTION IX. TAX ON PROFIT.. 7

Chapter 33. General provisions. 7

Article 178.  Payers of profit tax. 7

Article 179.  Object of taxation. 7

Article180.  Tax base. 7

Article 181. Tax period. 7

Chapter 34. Income. 7

Article 182. Composition of income. 7

Article 183.  Income Adjustment 7

Article 184.   Compensated deductions. 7

Article 185.  Nontaxable incomes. 7

Article 186.  Income and deductions under long-term contracts. 7

Chapter 35. Deductible expenses. 7

Article 187.  Deduction of expenses incidental to deriving income. 7

Article 188.  Deductions of expenses on business trips and representation expenses. 7

Article 189.  Deduction of expenses on training and re-training of personnel 7

Article 190. Deduction of interest expenses on a debt liability. 7

Article 191. Deduction of expenses on scientific-research, experiment-constructive and project-exploration works. 7

Article 192.  Value of fixed assets, intangible assets and inventories. 7

Article 193.  Depreciable fixed assets. 7

Article 194.  Classification of fixed assets and determination of the size of depreciation sums. 7

Article 195. Receipt and disposal of fixed assets for  depreciation purposes. 7

Article 196. Deductions of depreciation amounts. 7

Article 197.  Deduction of expenses on repairs. 7

Article 198. Deduction of expenses incidental to increase of fixed assets. 7

Article 199. Deduction of contributions to the Social Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 200. Losses arising from disposal of securities. 7

Article 201.  Transfer of losses incidental to economic activity. 7

Article  202.  Reserve funds for covering potential losses and damages. 7

Article 203.  Discount for sub terrain exhaustion. 7

Article 204. Non-deductible expenses. 7

Chapter 36. Tax exemptions. 7

Article 205. Tax exemptions. 7

Chapter 37. Tax rates. 7

Article 206. Profit tax rate. 7

Chapter 38. Procedure for calculation, declaration and payment of profit tax. 7

Article 207.  Calculation of profit tax. 7

Article 208.  Specificities of determining the tax base for income received in case of  transfer of property to an authorized capital or a fund or in case of  liquidation of an organization. 7

Article 209.  Specificities of determining the tax base for income received by the participants of s simple partnership agreement 7

Article 210.  Tax return. 7

Article 211.  Filing report on tax withheld at the source of payment 7

Article 212. Payment of profit tax. 7

Article 213.  Current tax payments. 7

Chapter 39.Specificities of taxation of separate categories of taxpayers and income. 7

Article 214.  Deduction of contributions to insurance reserve funds formed by insurance organizations. 7

Article 215.  Specificities of taxation of foreign organizations engaged in economic activity through a permanent establishment  in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 216. Elimination of double taxation. 7

Article 217. Tax rate for interests. 7

Chapter 40. Specificity of taxation of the income of foreign organizations at the source. 7

of the income in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 218.  Computation and payment of a tax on income received by the foreign organization, not connected with the permanent establishment, from the sources in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

Article 219.  Procedure for withholding and the tax rate for the income derived from the source in the Kyrgyz Republic by the foreign organizations not connected with a permanent establishment  in the Kyrgyz Republic. 7

SECTION X. VALUE ADDED TAX.. 7

Chapter 41. General Provisions. 7

Article 220.  Value Added Tax. 7

Article 221. Payers of the VAT.. 7

Article 222.  VAT rate. 7

Chapter 42. Taxable subjects. 7

Article 223. Taxable subjects. 7

Article 224. Registration requirements and registration procedure. 7

Article 225.  Canceling VAT registration. 7

Chapter 43. Object of taxation. 7

Article 226. Object of taxation. 7

Article 227. Supplies of goods, works and services. 7

Article 228.  Supplies by agents and employees. 7

Article 229.  Date of supply. 7

Article 230.  Place of  supply of goods. 7

Article 231.  Place of supply of works and/or services. 7

Article 232.  Date of tax liability when importing goods. 7

Chapter 44. Exempt Supplies and Zero-Rated Supplies. 7

Article 233.  Exempt supplies. 7

Article 234  Supply  of land, agricultural products, residential buildings and premises. 7

Article 235. Supply of fixed assets under financial lease agreement 7

Article 236.  Goods and services in the sphere of medical activity. 7

Article 237.  Financial services. 7

Article 238.  Insurance services. 7

Article 239.  Services on pension provision. 7

Article 240.  Transportation services. 7

Article 241.  Services incidental to international transportation. 7

Article 242. Supply of goods, works, and services to the subjects of Free Economic Zones (FEZ) 7

Article 243.  Privatization. 7

Article 244.  Supplies by charitable and religious organizations. 7

Article 245. Supply on a gratis basis. 7

Article 246.  Supply of ritual goods , works, or services. 7

Article 247. Supplies of mineral fertilizers and chemical plant protectors to agricultural producers. Supplies of veterinary and agro-technical services. 7

Article 248. Supply of  gold. 7

Article 249.  VAT exempt imports. 7

Article 250.  Zero-rated supplies. 7

Article 251.  Exports. 7