During the operations carried out for the three quarters of this year, the Ministry of Taxes revealed evidence of evasion from registration of the employment relationship with the employees by 2,560 employers. Severe financial penalties were applied to them.
According to the Ministry of Taxes, for the first nine months of this year they found 4,228 people that taxpayers did not sign individual employment contracts with. This applies mainly to construction, trade and catering.
Since January 2006, in Azerbaijan, a system of individual registration of payers of compulsory state insurance has been applied. On July 1, the number of payers registered in social insurance reaches 2,047 thousand. However, inspection of Labor and Social Protection of the Ministry of Taxes revealed many facts of evasion of registration of employment relationship. - 08B-
Economics
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An investigation led by Ghalib Toghrul, Chairman of the Board of the Center for Economic Research, has highlighted budgetary expenditures in the Azerbaijani districts of Aghdam, Fuzuli, and Khojavend, focusing on civil service projects linked to the reconstruction of territories liberated from Armenian occupation.
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On February 4, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov met with a delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) led by Anna Bordeaux, head of the IMF mission in Azerbaijan, to discuss economic cooperation, financial sector issues and structural reforms, the ministry said.
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Azerbaijan Railways CJSC (AZD) transported 713,699 passengers in January 2025, marking a 15% increase compared to the same period last year, the company said on Tuesday.
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Last week, Azerbaijani media reported an impending increase in retail bread prices, attributing the rise to an increase in product weight. The following day, an official notification confirmed that the government had no intentions of sanctioning a bread price hike in the country. However, the threat of a price increase for this staple food remains for another reason.
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