How to launch an IT business in Kazakhstan
and get Astana Hub
tax preferences?

Useful information about entering and opening an
IT-company in Kazakhstan

Order for entry to Republic of Kazakhstan
and registration of legal entity

Stages of opening a  legal entity in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan


Obtaining a Personal Identification Number

Obtaining a Personal Identification Number for the founder (offline);

Obtaining Electronic Digital Signature

Obtaining Electronic Digital Signature for the founder (offline);

Registration of the legal entity in the form of  an LLP.

Registration of a legal entity in the form of a limited liability partnership on the portal egov.kz

Opening of a LLC under Common Law

On the basis of the International Financial Centre Astanа

Temporary residence permit and Residence permit in Kazakhstan
The main aspects of obtaining and processing a temporary residence permit and a residence permit for 
foreign citizens in Kazakhstan

International Referral program

a program aimed at stimulating the growth of the number of startups and IT companies with foreign participation registered in the Tech Park through instruments of financial reward to individuals for participation in attracting

Customer Service/One Stop Shop platform

information on obtaining comprehensive business services within Astana Hub and the list of verified companies providing the most demanded services

About the Technopark

Benefits of Astana Hub tax regime:

1

Tax benefits 0%

- Corporate income tax
- Individual income tax
- Value added tax
- Social tax on non-residents, etc.

2

Visa benefits

- Simplified visa procedure for foreign workers and their family members
- Unlimited number of hired foreign workers
- Obtaining of work visa C3 for up to 5 years (instead of 3 years)

3

Scaling and funding programs

- Support program at all stages of project development
- Google Accelerator for startups
- Acceleration program to support exports
- IT start-up funding

4

Access to IT talent

- alem programming school (Ecole42)
- leading universities Astana IT University and Nazarbaev University
- Tech Orda program for preparation of IT-specialists (3 000 specialists in 2022)
- Other educational programs of Astana Hub

5

Networking

Community from over 1400+ IT-companies and startups

Community Astana Hub

6

Modern infrastructure

- Office in the innovation cluster (22 thousand square meters)
- Uninterrupted Internet from 500 mbps
- 5G network coverage

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Procedure for obtaining tax benefits

IT market in Kazakhstan

2019

$1,2B

ICT industry volume

3,2%

Of total GDP

$92,9M

Export of IT services

$98,6M

Exports of ICT industry goods

32,8K+

IT Professionals

6,9K

Total number of IT companies


2023

$2B

ICT industry volume

4,3%

Of total GDP

$127,3M

Export of IT services

$502M

Exports of ICT industry goods

70K+

IT Professionals

11K+

Total number of IT companies

Astana Hub in numbers

$315M

Export revenue of Astana Hub members, 2023

$126M

Investments, 2023 год

$293M

Participants' tax preference savings

1400+

Number of participants

$1,9В

Member Revenue

25K+

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