Entrepreneurs engaged in waste collection and processing to be given a number of benefits

A presidential decree on the first priority measures to reform the system of organizing work related to waste was adopted.

According to the decree, the following compulsory fees collected from business entities - sanitary cleaning enterprises (with the exception of state unitary enterprises) will be canceled:

• deductions in the amount of 5% from the fees collected for providing sanitary cleaning services to the republican association of enterprises specialized in sanitary cleaning;
• deductions in the amount of 5% from the fees collected for the provision of sanitary cleaning services to centers for the organization of sanitary cleaning services.

Also, until January 1, 2026, for business entities whose main activity is the collection, removal, sorting and processing of waste, the profit tax on this type of activity (except for interest from funds placed in commercial banks) and the social tax rate of 1% will be applied.

Sanitation enterprises that are small business entities will be provided with guarantees of up to 50% (including 50%) of banks’ loans in national currency within the implementation of investment projects, but the total value does not exceed 2.5 billion soums.