Friday14 February 2025
centralasiabusiness.com

Agricultural and poultry businesses will benefit from a mechanism that allows a 50% VAT refund.

The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has signed a decree implementing additional measures to support livestock and poultry farming, aimed at increasing the added value within the sector.
Для аграрных и птицеводческих компаний внедряется система возврата 50% НДС.

From April 1, 2025, to January 1, 2028, a mechanism for the return of 50% of VAT paid into the state budget will be introduced for agricultural and poultry enterprises. Payments will be made monthly, starting on the 25th of each month.

As part of the cooperation in meat and egg poultry farming, the project "Poultry Farming - A Path to Income" will be implemented, which will create one million jobs.

For breeding farms, the tax incentives will be extended, including reduced rates for profit tax, property tax, land tax, and water resource usage tax. These preferences will remain in effect until January 1, 2028.