Finance
04/08/2025

Foreign IT Giants Paid 78.2 Billion Soums in Taxes to Uzbekistan’s Budget

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — In the first half of 2025, 72 foreign companies providing electronic services in Uzbekistan contributed 78.2 billion soums in taxes to the state budget, marking a 42 percent increase compared to the same period of last year.

According to the tax authorities, ten leading companies accounted for 94 percent of the total payments. These include Meta (22.6 billion soums), Apple (22.1 billion soums), Google (19.4 billion soums), OpenAI (2.9 billion soums), Booking.com (1.9 billion soums), TikTok (1.8 billion soums), Netflix (896.2 million soums), Acca (797.1 million soums), Zoom (786.7 million soums), and Adobe (530.8 million soums).

Foreign legal entities providing online services are required to submit tax reports and make payments no later than the 20th day of the month following the reporting quarter.

Fourteen new foreign companies registered as taxpayers in Uzbekistan between January and June 2025, according to the State Tax Committee. During the same period, five companies were deregistered.