Pinduoduo and Anthropic paid Kazakhstan 8 billion tenge in taxes
Pinduoduo paid 6.8 billion tenge, Anthropic — 1.2 billion. Farfetch was blocked in Kazakhstan for failing to comply with an SRC notice.
The State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Finance received 8 billion tenge in taxes from the Chinese platform Pinduoduo and the American developer of the Claude AI assistant — the company Anthropic, PBC. The figure was the result of tax administration of foreign digital platforms, as reported by the agency.
The breakdown is straightforward. Pinduoduo transferred 6.8 billion tenge — roughly $15.1 million. Anthropic paid 1.2 billion tenge, or approximately $2.6 million, for previous tax periods. The company complied with notices issued following desk audits.
Kazakhstan is gradually building a mechanism for collecting taxes from foreign internet players. And the numbers already speak for themselves.
What happened with Farfetch?
Not all platforms met the budget halfway. The SRC sent a notice following a desk audit to British platform operator Farfetch — an international online store for clothing, footwear, and accessories, including well-known brands.
The company did not comply with the notice. The response was immediate: access to the Farfetch internet resource in Kazakhstan was restricted.
The committee explained that the law expressly provides for such a measure. Access restrictions are applied to foreign platforms that fall under tax requirements but fail to meet their obligations to Kazakhstan's budget. The mechanism applies to all foreign players without exception.
How much have foreign platforms already contributed to the budget?
Context matters more than any individual deal. According to the publication Kursiv, in 2025 foreign internet companies transferred 57.6 billion tenge to Kazakhstan's budget.
More than 80% of this amount came from five largest payers. Among them are Apple and Valve, the owner of the Steam gaming platform.
The structure of receipts shows that the main tax burden falls on a small group of global giants, while the regulator is consistently expanding its coverage — from marketplaces and the Apple ecosystem to AI developers like Anthropic.
The Farfetch case also demonstrates the other side of the equation. Kazakhstan not only administers taxes but is also technically ready to restrict access to those who refuse to pay.
Ekaterina Larina
Original: gov.kz
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