Apple, Google, and others paid the most taxes among foreign online services in Uzbekistan

Foreign companies providing electronic services in Uzbekistan paid 232.8 billion UZS in taxes to the budget for January–September 2026. This is almost 1.9 times more than in the same period last year, when revenues amounted to 124.8 billion UZS. At the same time, the volume of provided services also grew from 1.05 trillion to 1.94 trillion UZS. The number of foreign providers is also increasing: as of October 1, there were 109 of them, compared to 78 at the beginning of 2026 and 63 as of January 1, 2025.

Apple became the largest taxpayer: with a service volume of 451.4 billion UZS, the company paid 54.2 billion UZS. It was followed by Google with figures of 438 billion and 52.6 billion UZS, respectively, while Meta* took third place with 389.4 billion and 46.7 billion UZS. The top five also included Valve Corp. with 22.8 billion UZS in taxes and Anthropic with 14 billion. OpenAI ranked sixth, paying 10 billion UZS with a service volume of 83.1 billion UZS.

Midasbuy, Booking.com, TikTok, and Anysphere also made it into the top ten largest taxpayers. Their tax payments amounted to 4.8 billion, 4.2 billion, 2.4 billion, and 2.2 billion UZS, respectively. According to Article 281 of the Tax Code of Uzbekistan, foreign companies providing electronic services are required to submit reports and pay taxes no later than the 20th day of the month following the ended quarter.