As of September 4, 2024, amendments to Article 551 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan — “False Declaration of Goods” — came into force.
Now, liability for false customs declarations is calculated not as a fixed amount in MCI (monthly calculation index), but as a percentage of unpaid duties and taxes.
What Has Changed
Instead of previous fines ranging from 30–150 MCI (and up to 300 MCI for repeat violations), a percentage-based scale is now applied.
Legal entities and individual entrepreneurs are fined 25% of unpaid customs payments, including taxes, special, anti-dumping, and compensatory duties. For repeat violations — 50%.
For individuals failing to declare cash, the fine is also 25% of the undeclared amount, with confiscation of undeclared funds. Previously, the fine was 10 MCI.
Important Notes
Fines can be applied not only for deliberate underpayment of duties, but also for errors, typos, incorrectly filled fields, or improper completion of declarations.
Even formal inaccuracies are now treated as violations, leading to additional charges and fines.