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TURKMENISTAN: TAX COMPASS 2011

Corporate income taxation
Corporate Tax 8%
Dividends 15%
Participation Exemption N/A
Capital gains N/A
Deduction of Interests N/A
Thin Capitalization Rule N/A
Depreciation
  • Accelerated depreciation (for certain assets)
Linear/Nonlinear
max index 2
Transfer Pricing Rules(New rules since 2010)                       
Methods: Comparable Market Prices; Resale Price; Cost plus
Yes

Loss carried forward

  • For (Sub)Contractors working under the Law “On hydrocarbon resources”

Loss carried backward

3 years
10 years
N/A
Fiscal unity/Tax consolidation N/A
Withholding taxation
Withholding tax 15%
Withholding tax rate for dividends 15%
Rental of sea or air vessels 6%
Double Tax Treaty Network (23 DTTs): reduction /elimination of WTH taxation
Personal Income tax
General flat rate 10%
Dividends
10%
For the individual entrepreneurs 2%
Inheritance tax N/A
Real Estate Transfer Taxes / Duty 10%
Value Added Tax
Standard / reduced rate    
15% / 0 %
Property taxation
From the tax basis of the tax period
Small and medium legal entities, without participation of the foreign capital, and individual entrepreneurs are not subject to property tax
1 %
Severance Tax
For the operations with:
  • natural and casing-head gas
  • crude oil
  • other mineral products (depending on the level of profitability: from 15% and more)
 
22%
10%
0 – 50%
Excises
Excise duties are imposed on both import and manufacture of a list of goods
Social Security Contributions
Standart rate 20%
Special charge for cities, settlements and rural communities development
Depending on the status of the subject 0, 3% - 1%
Incentives for Investors
Cluster principle (mostly): temporary tax reductions/exemptions
Special (simplified) tax regimE
Available for individual entrepreneurs
Small and medium legal entities, without participation of the foreign capital

2%
Advance (binding) tax rulings N/A
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