Bloggers in Kazakhstan will be forced to pay taxes

In Kazakhstan, popular users of social networks will have to pay taxes on their resources, blogs and income from advertising. The relevant law was signed by the president of Kazakhstan Kasim-Zhumart Tukayev. 

They are required to appropriately brand such ads. Influencers are required to be responsible for published content and maintain an official account. 

Users of the online platform who place false information are subject to administrative liability in the amount of a 20-month settlement indicator.

And for bloggers engaged in entrepreneurial activity, it will be in the accounting indicator of 40 months. The 2023 monthly accounting index in Kazakhstan is 3,450 tenge ($7.7).

In addition, owners of online platforms will have to cooperate with government agencies in the fight against tax evasion and false information, according to amendments to the law.