Tax Ministry's SMS-info service to be free soon
By Nigar Abbasova
Taxpayers of Azerbaijan will soon be able to use SMS-info service for free, the Taxes Ministry reported. Moreover, subscribers of Bakcell and Nar mobile operators will also be provided with the service, while it was previously available only for Azercell Telecom subscribers.
Subscribers of the service, which was first introduced in 2012, receive messages containing different information including payments to the state budget, calculation of taxes on submitted declaration, problems with the declaration, the need to declare, and current tax payments.
The ministry expanded the range of information, provided by the service in 2014, adding information on some 11 different directions. The system currently provides informational services in 21 directions of the tax system, while the ministry is engaged in further development of the system.
Approximately 30,000 taxpayers are expected to use the system in the short run.
The system is widely used in most European countries to facilitate communication of taxpayers with authorities.
Azerbaijan has recently introduced certain changes in its tax system, which envisages improvement of tax legislation and facilitation of business doing in the country.
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