Monitoring of foreign financing has been introduced in Kazakhstan in order to ensure transparency in the use of funds received from abroad.
Monitoring does not concern the financial flows of entrepreneurs, their economic activities. We are talking only about targeted foreign funding of non-governmental organizations that are not related to business activities.
In this article, we will tell you who is subject to monitoring and what types of reports they submit.
The monitoring requirements do not apply to:
For non-notification, administrative liability is provided in the form of a fine
Submission of false or knowingly false information entails a fine with suspension of activity
The commission of an action or omission repeatedly within 1 year after the imposition of an administrative penalty entails a fine with the prohibition of activity
The monitoring will cover financial resources sent from abroad to individuals and legal entities.
Monitoring applies to individuals and legal entities and (or) structural divisions of a legal entity that have received money and (or) other property from foreign states, international and foreign organizations, foreigners, and stateless persons on the territory of:
Participants in the monitoring of foreign financing are subject to the reporting requirement to the state revenue authorities.
Orders of the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated February 20, 2018 No. 241 and 242 define the procedure, term and forms of notifications (F. 017.00) and information (F. 018.00) on the receipt and expenditure of money and other property.
The subjects notify the state revenue authorities at the place of residence / location of the receipt of money and (or) other property from sources in the amount exceeding 1 tenge.
The notification is submitted within 10 working days from the day following the day of receipt of money and (or) other property from the sources, with the mandatory filling in of data on the subject of receipt.
In the event of changes to the conditions for earlier receipt of money and (or) other property from sources in terms of changes in the amount of receipt, terms of performance of obligations, the Notification is submitted within 10 working days from the day following the day of making changes to the conditions of receipt.
In addition, no later than the 15th day of the second month following the reporting quarter, individuals and legal entities will be required to submit to the state revenue authorities information on the receipt and expenditure of money and (or) other property received from foreign states, international and foreign organizations, foreigners, and stateless persons in an amount exceeding 1 tenge.
The reporting period for the submission of information is the calendar quarter in which money was received and (or) spent and (or) other property was sold from sources.
If there is no data to be reflected, this information is presented with zero values. It is not allowed to make changes and additions to the previously submitted Information on the tax period under review during the period of conducting (taking into account the extension and suspension) complex and thematic audits.
The information must be submitted before the full expenditure of the money and (or) other property received from the subjects.