From 27 to 29 October 2026, Astana hosted a mission of the OECD Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes to assess confidentiality and data safeguards (CDS) in the Republic of Kazakhstan following the commencement of automatic exchange of information.
The purpose of the mission was to assess the compliance of Kazakhstan's national system for ensuring the confidentiality and protection of taxpayer information, including information received through international exchange, with the international standards of the OECD Global Forum.
During the mission, experts were presented with the organisational structure of the State Revenue Committee, the national and international legal framework, as well as existing mechanisms for ensuring information security, managing IT and cyber risks, restricting access and protecting information.
Particular attention was paid to the processes of receiving, processing, storing and using information under the Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (AEOI), Exchange of Information on Request (EOIR) and Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR), including for tax risk analysis and tax administration purposes.
As part of the practical programme, the experts visited the Cyberattack Analysis and Investigation Centre, as well as the units responsible for automatic exchange of information and tax risk analysis. They were presented with the AEOI portal and the mechanisms for data protection, information security monitoring and access control.
At the closing meeting between Zhandos Duisembiyev, Chairman of the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the OECD experts, the mission's results were reviewed. The experts highly commended the work presented, the existing mechanisms for ensuring confidentiality and data protection, as well as the constructive cooperation with the Kazakhstani side. Preliminary findings and recommendations for further improving the national system were also discussed.
The Kazakhstani side expressed its gratitude to the OECD experts for their constructive engagement and professional recommendations, confirming its readiness to further consider them and take the necessary measures for their implementation.
It should be noted that since 2021, Kazakhstan has been conducting automatic exchange of financial information with foreign jurisdictions in accordance with
