Tajikistan has exceeded its domestic tax and mandatory payment collection target for the first nine months of 2025 by 14.6%, according to the Tax Committee under the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan.
Official data shows that while 16.97 billion somonis (approximately US$1.8 billion) was initially projected, the actual revenue collected reached 19.45 billion somonis (overUS$2 billion), surpassing the target by 2.48 billion somonis.
What drove the increase in revenue?
The Tax Committee attributes the higher-than-expected revenue to:
- Economic growth,
- Digitalization of the tax system,
- Improved tax administration,
- Expansion of e-government services,
- Promotion of cashless payments,
- The use of risk-based monitoring systems.
Regional performance breakdown
The highest revenue surpluses were recorded in:
- Dushanbe — +19.6%
- Districts subordinate to the center (RRP) — +8.0%
- Sughd Province — +6.7%
- Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) — +4.6%
- Khatlon Province — +1.6%
- Department for Large Taxpayers — +13.7%
Taxes remain key source of budget revenue
According to the Ministry of Finance, tax revenue accounted for 65.9% of the national budget’s income from January to July 2025.
The most significant growth came from: income tax; value-added tax (VAT); and excise duties.
Total tax revenue for 2025 is projected to exceed 31.8 billion somonis.
