10 April 2020 – This
brief note relates to further updates regarding governmental
actions to support businesses in Kazakhstan due to Covid-19
situation. Our note is intended to be a helpful guide – it is
not comprehensive and does not constitute legal
advice.
Suspension of arrests on bank accounts
6 April – for the period of the state of
emergency, arrests on bank accounts of individuals registered as
individual entrepreneurs and private practitioners, with the
exception of those classified as having a high risk (determined by
the Tax Code), are cancelled according to a press release of the
State Revenue Committee (the
"Committee").
It is also stated that the Committee sent a letter to the
Ministry of Justice and the Republic's Chamber of Private Court
Enforcement Officers requesting to temporarily suspend the effect
of arrests on any accounts of citizens under previously awarded
court orders and decisions, as well as issued tax orders, and to
suspend the