Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Finance continues its digital transformation efforts. Last year, following the instruction of the Head of State, an independent audit was conducted on all information systems of the State Revenue Committee. Based on its recommendations, the ministry decided to consolidate 14 separate systems into 5, built on a new architecture and modern technologies. Vice Minister of Finance Asset Turysov shared this during a press conference at the Central Communications Service.
As a result, seven fragmented systems were merged into a single platform — ISNA — which has already been implemented. The ministry carried out 75 integrations with government agencies and banks, processing 295 million transactions and 101 million payments. The data processing time has been significantly reduced: the operational day shortened from 18 hours to 3, online payments are processed in 1 minute instead of 15, and document handling now takes 1 minute instead of 1 hour.
One of the main objectives was the transfer of 87 terabytes of historical data from seven legacy systems to the new Smart Data Finance platform. Previously, the Ministry had no unified big data system, and some data collection and processing were done manually. The new system is now integrated with 74 state databases and can generate comprehensive tax profiles for individuals and legal entities.
“What does this mean? First, it allows for the automatic calculation of taxes. Second, it enables pre-filled tax declarations. In the past, both businesses and individuals asked why, if their property was already registered in a state database, they still had to manually enter it in their declaration. The goal of full digitalization is precisely to collect all data on a citizen or a company and provide pre-filled declarations showing how taxes will be calculated,” explained the Vice Minister.
The State Revenue Committee is also implementing a project called “Digital Map of Public Finances.” The system collects data on company locations, cash discipline, the number of receipts issued, and product analytics.
“For example, 260,000 cash registers recorded only one receipt and one amount over the course of a year. This shows a very low level of cash discipline, which raises questions. The goal is to use this data in a risk management system to interact with businesses. If cash discipline is not observed, we will send notifications encouraging companies to improve and make their processes more transparent,” Turysov added.
Going forward, the Digital Map of Public Finances will integrate not only receipts and invoices but also expenditure data. This will make it possible to create a full picture of regional revenues and expenses and use this information for price analysis, monitoring goods flow, and planning the national budget with the help of artificial intelligence.
