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Head of the Digital Asset Administration Department of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) Talgat Adilov announced the introduction of a practice of blocking internet platforms whose operators fail to fulfil their value-added tax (VAT) payment obligations. Measures will be applied after sending notifications and in the absence of a response from the payers.

Women in the Karaganda region have begun to have money returned that was unjustifiably charged for abortion services. Over three years, 775 cases of double payment have been identified, totalling 22 million tenge.

Following the public outcry over the photograph of a female courier holding a baby in her arms, the Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population, Askarbek Yertayev, stated that he had reviewed the family's situation. He claimed that the woman's husband works in IT, and that she herself has a specialised secondary education.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev stated that fulfilling obligations in the social sphere is a constitutional duty of all branches of government. The head of state also cited data on social spending and assessed the current measures of support for the population.

The number of registered corruption offences in Kazakhstan has nearly halved in recent years. However, the number of cases related to bribery continues to rise, and the material damage caused by corruption crimes has increased tenfold.

A single QR code for payments has been given a launch date in Kazakhstan. The head of the National Bank, Timur Suleimenov, announced that the system will begin operating on 19 July 2026.

In the Almaty region, a court has passed a sentence in a case concerning the illegal receipt of government subsidies and the issuing of fictitious electronic invoices. Two participants in the scheme were sentenced to terms of imprisonment of up to 6 years.

The court ordered JSC «KazNIISA» to return 894 million 177 thousand tenge to the state budget in a dispute related to contracts for the seismic resistance inspection of facilities in Almaty. The decision of the appellate instance came into force on 13 March 2026.

The Ethics Council in the West Kazakhstan Region (WKR) has recommended the dismissal of Bibolat Zinullin, the akim of the Chapayev rural district in the Akzhaik district. The reason was driving a service vehicle under the influence of alcohol during working hours.

Former head of Air Astana, Peter Foster, has taken on a new role. He has been elected as an independent director of the cargo airline Alatau Air Cargo, in which businessman Timur Turlov holds a major stake.