From May 25 to May 28, 2026, the World Bank organized an educational seminar for employees of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The event was aimed at improving the professional competencies of tax officials in the field of international taxation and transfer pricing.
The seminar opened with a welcoming speech by Zh. Nurzhanov, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, who noted the strategic importance of such cooperation for improving tax administration in Kazakhstan and stressed the need to introduce advanced international standards into the practice of the department.
During the first three days, the seminar participants studied transfer pricing issues in detail. Special attention was paid to the specifics of pricing in the field of mining and sale of minerals, the specifics of tax control of financial transactions, as well as approaches to the analysis of transactions with distributors. A separate block of the program was the discussion of Amount B, a simplified approach to remuneration for basic distribution activities within the framework of the OECD Pillar One.
A landmark event of the seminar was a virtual meeting with representatives of the tax authority of India, a country with extensive experience in the field of transfer pricing. During the meeting, the parties exchanged practical approaches to the control of inter-company transactions and discussed current challenges in this area.
The final day, on May 28— was devoted to a wide range of international taxation issues: the introduction of the global minimum tax (Pillar Two), the application of Action 4 of the BEPS Plan in terms of limiting interest deduction, mechanisms for eliminating double taxation, as well as the practice of horizontal monitoring as a tool for building partnerships between tax authorities and bona fide taxpayers.
The seminar made a significant contribution to building the institutional capacity of the SRC of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan and strengthening its position in the system of international tax cooperation.
