Tax Authority Employees Day in Tajikistan Date in the current year: May 4, 2024

The main tax authority of Tajikistan is the Tax Committee under the government of the Republic of Tajikistan. It is the central state executive body responsible for state control over the full and timely payment of taxes, except for cases when the Tax Code of the Republic of Tajikistan entrusts the collection of taxes to other authorities.

The main functions of the Committee are:

• enforcing tax laws
• developing and implementing tax administration mechanisms in order to ensure that taxes are allocated to the relevant budgets timely and in full
• participating in the preparation of draft laws and other regulatory legal documents on taxation, including agreements with other states
• explaining taxpayers’ rights and duties to them
• informing taxpayers about changes in tax legislation in a timely manner

The activities of the Tax Committee are regulated by the Constitution of Tajikistan, the Tax Code of Tajikistan, Tax Committee Regulations, presidential decrees and orders, decrees of the government of the Republic of Tajikistan, international legislation, state development programs and strategies, and other applicable laws and regulations.

The structure of the Tax Committee under the government of the Republic of Tajikistan includes the central office and the following departments, administrations, and other operational units:

• Tax Administration for the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region
• Tax Administration for the Khatlon Region
• Tax Administration for the Sughd Region
• Tax Administration for the city of Dushanbe
• Tax inspection for large taxpayers with branches in regions and the city of Dushanbe
• City and district tax inspections
• Departments for state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs in the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, Khatlon Region, Sughd Region, and the city of Dushanbe
• City and district sectors for state registration of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs
• Data procession center
• Professional advancement center
• Tax Committee representatives in foreign countries

The system of the Tax Committee also includes several subordinate organizations:

• Editorial office of the newspaper Bochu Hiroch (“Duties and Fees”)
• Editorial office of the magazine Payomi Andoz (“Tax Notice”)
• Center for Tax Administration Programming
• Avtokhozyaystvo government agency
• XX Anniversary of Independence sport complex
• Varzob tourism facility

Employees of the central office of the Tax Committee and all its subordinate departments, administrations, and organizations celebrate their professional holiday annually on May 4. Tax Authority Employees Day is mostly celebrated within the professional community. Like all other professional observances in Tajikistan, it is not a non-working day unless it falls on a weekend, and when it does, celebratory events are typically held on the closest weekday.