Facebook starts paying VAT in Uzbekistan

Facebook has started paying VAT in Uzbekistan, follows from the data of the State Tax Committee.

Registered in the Netherlands, Facebook Technologies Ireland Limited, which owns the social network Facebook, was added to the list of taxpayers by the Tax Committee on May 19.

The total number of foreign Internet companies registered in the country as a VAT payer exceeded ten.

Since the beginning of 2020, foreign legal entities engaged in the sale of services and goods in electronic form, the place of sale of which is Uzbekistan, are recognized as taxpayers in respect of such services provided to individuals.

The tax committee has created a VAT office, which allows foreign Internet companies operating in Uzbekistan to register and start paying taxes.