Control measures aimed at reducing tax arrears, strengthening tax supervision, and ensuring that taxpayers fulfill their obligations on time are ongoing in the capital, which serves the goal of ensuring the stability of state budget revenues.
Inspections are being carried out at enterprises with tax arrears in cooperation between the management of the Tashkent City Tax Department and the Enforcement Bureau.
During these activities, inspections were conducted at 34 companies whose total tax debt amounted to 127 billion sums. Specifically, 41 vehicles belonging to 19 companies were seized. Among the seized cars were a Mercedes-Benz belonging to MChZh 'GRAND ROAD TASHKENT' and Hyundai Sonata DN8 Luxe passenger cars registered to MChZh 'PERSPECTIVE-BUILDING'.
In addition, 29 buildings and structures owned by 15 companies with tax debts were confiscated. Thanks to prompt measures, it was possible to recover tax arrears amounting to 13.1 billion sums for the state budget.
Control measures aimed at reducing tax arrears, increasing budget revenues, and ensuring timely fulfillment of tax obligations will continue in the future. Tax authorities emphasize that they urge business entities to fulfill their tax obligations on time, as this is important for the stability of state budget revenues and the financing of the country's socio-economic programs.
New initiatives have been introduced aimed at strengthening the budgets of the mahallas. Initially, it was planned that the mahalla budgets for this year would amount to 600 billion sums.
By a Presidential decree adopted in June, the share of land and property tax paid into the mahalla was increased from 10% to 15%. Additionally, 10% of fines for violating sanitary norms and illegal construction will now go to the mahalla.
It has also been permitted for the mahallas themselves to sell buildings up to 5 thousand square meters. This will allow an increase in revenue to the mahalla budgets by another 405 billion sums.
Now, 5% of the land and property tax collected from real estate objects in the mahalla will also go directly to the mahalla itself. Thanks to this, the mahallas will receive an additional 400 billion sums annually.
During the year, 200 mahallas that demonstrate the highest number of registered entrepreneurs, create the most new jobs, have the highest level of understanding, and have found the largest tax base will be awarded 2 billion sums.
Overall, according to the new initiatives, revenues to the mahalla budgets this year will reach 1 trillion 600 billion sums, and from next year—2 trillion sums.
Under the chairmanship of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, video selection meetings continue regarding the implementation of a new environment in the mahallas and the updating of 'mahalla yettiligi' activities.
The second season of the 'Initiative Budget' for 2026 has started in Uzbekistan, implemented at the initiative of the head of state. This program, aimed at forming and financing projects based on public opinion, is the first practical implementation in the country, although the first steps were taken back in 2018.
The second season of the 'Initiative Budget' began on July 15 of this year and marks the eleventh iteration of this program. Ulugbek Choriyev, an expert from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, commented that despite changes between seasons, the program will take into account the shortcomings of previous periods.
The schedule of events includes the following stages: project submission from July 15 to August 3; project selection from August 4–8; propaganda stage from August 19–21; voting from August 22–31; and announcement of additional winners from September 1 to 10. Furthermore, the winners of the traditional voting stage will be announced on the 35th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan, September 1.
A practice has been introduced to limit project submissions for mahallas that have won in two consecutive seasons. The list of such mahallas, whose ability to submit projects in the second season of 2026 will be restricted, has already been compiled. Nevertheless, mahallas that took advantage of the break are given the opportunity to promote projects through partnerships.
Additionally, the mechanism of deputy initiative is being improved. On July 29, the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued Decree No. 243, concerning the creation of additional opportunities for people's representatives and the public in solving socio-economic issues in mahallas within the framework of the second season of the 'Initiative Budget' 2026. According to this decree, deputies are granted the right to select one or more projects within the allocated funding.
These changes are designed to promote the more effective use of allocated funds, expand the scope of projects aimed at solving local problems, and increase the number of winning projects.
