Foreign IT Giants Paid 232.8 Billion Sums in Taxes to Uzbekistan's Budget in Nine Months of 2026
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Foreign IT Giants Paid 232.8 Billion Sums in Taxes to Uzbekistan's Budget in Nine Months of 2026

Major international digital corporations continue to increase their tax contributions in Uzbekistan. In the first nine months of 2026, ninety-nine foreign firms providing electronic services in the country contributed 232.8 billion sums to the state budget. This figure demonstrates an 85% growth compared to the same period last year.

Apple made the largest contribution to tax revenues, paying 54.2 billion sums. This is followed by Google with 52.6 billion sums and Meta, which contributed 46.7 billion sums. These three companies accounted for over 153 billion sums of the total collected funds.

Among the ten largest taxpayers are also the following organizations: Valve Corp. (22.8 billion sums), Anthropic (14 billion sums), OpenAI (10 billion sums), Midasbuy (4.8 billion sums), Booking.com (4.2 billion sums), TikTok (2.4 billion sums), and Anysphere (2.2 billion sums).

In accordance with Article 281 of the Tax Code, foreign enterprises that provide electronic services in Uzbekistan are obliged to submit tax reports and transfer corresponding taxes no later than the twentieth day of the month following the end of the reporting quarter. It should also be noted that the Apple Pay payment service was previously launched in Uzbekistan.

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The financial sector of Uzbekistan is showing growth, but the cost of its services has increased significantly. According to data, between September 2025 and September 2026, insurance and financial services increased in price by 43.8%, which was the highest annual increase among major service categories.

The core of the financial market consists of services not related to insurance and pension provision, accounting for 85.7% of the total volume. The share of insurance services is 7%, and auxiliary financial services account for another 7.3%.

The volume of the financial services market continues to grow. According to the National Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, in January–August 2026, this volume reached 144.7 trillion soums, exceeding the figure for the same period last year by 22.5%.

The distribution of the financial services volume by region reveals a significant difference between the capital and other parts of the country. Tashkent city accumulated 85.6 trillion soums, which accounts for almost 60% of the republic's total volume.

In other regions, the indicators for the volume of financial services are significantly lower. For January–August 2026, the following regions recorded the following volumes:

  • Fergana region — 7 trillion soums;
  • Andijan region — 6.6 trillion soums;
  • Tashkent region — 6.5 trillion soums;
  • Samarkand region — 5.6 trillion soums;
  • Kashkadarya region — 4.8 trillion soums;
  • Khorezm and Surkhandarya regions — 4.1 trillion soums each;
  • Bukhara region — 4 trillion soums;
  • Namangan region — 3.9 trillion soums;
  • Jizzakh region — 3.6 trillion soums;
  • Karakalpakstan Republic — 3.3 trillion soums;
  • Navoi region — 3.2 trillion soums;
  • Syr Darya region — 2.4 trillion soums.

Thus, the Uzbek market demonstrates simultaneous growth: the volume of financial services is increasing, but their cost to the consumer is also rising substantially.

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