Enactment of the new rules on issue of accompanying notes is postponed until 1 July 2020

As follows from our previous alert, the new rules on issue and circulation of accompanying notes in respect of goods were published on 31 December 2019. According to these rules the biofuel suppliers would have been obliged to issue the accompanying notes effective 1 January 2020.

Herewith, the suppliers of the following goods would have been obliged to issue the accompanying notes effective 1 April 2020:

• ethyl alcohol and/or alcohol products;
• certain types of oil products;
• tobacco products;
• the goods which are subject to the reduced customs duties rates under the WTO accession conditions;
• the goods imported to Kazakhstan/exported from Kazakhstan from the states/to the states of the EAEU;
• the goods which are subject to labelling.

However, due to large amount of complaints from taxpayers, enactment of the new rules on issue of accompanying notes was postponed until 1 July 2020. In view of this, the suppliers of the abovementioned goods will be obliged to issue accompanying notes under the new rules only effective 1 July 2020. Moreover, it is suggested to postpone the provisions on administrative liability for violation of issue of accompanying notes under the new rules until 2021/2022.

At present the abovementioned amendments are not yet furnished with the respective legal act. In view of this, we will provide additional information on official publication of such act.

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