Tajikistan to Tax E-Wallet and Mobile Payment Transactions Starting September 2026
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Kulobiddin Norov
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Summary
Tajikistan will begin taxing transactions made through electronic wallets, mobile apps, and QR-code payments starting September 1, 2026. The Agency for Innovation and Digital Technologies announced the measure as a pilot project aimed at bringing unregistered entrepreneurs into the tax system. A centralized digital system will be created where banks, e-wallet operators, and QR services feed transaction data, with the National Bank of Tajikistan designated as the system operator. The move extends the government's pattern of taxing accessible revenue streams amid fiscal constraints.
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· 4 pulledStarting September 1, 2026, Tajikistan will tax transactions routed through electronic wallets, mobile apps, and QR-code payments.
The Agency for Innovation and Digital Technologies, which announced the measure, cast it as a pilot project to pull unregistered entrepreneurs into the tax net.
The scheme assembles a single digital system into which banks, e-wallet operators, and QR services feed data on every transaction.
A new levy on digital transfers suspected of hiding unregistered business extends the cash-strapped government's long habit of taxing whatever it can reach.
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