Active Support for Youth Entrepreneurship
2026-10-02 12:00:00 / News
Today, 5.6 million citizens in our country are registered as self-employed, with young people accounting for 1.9 million, or 34 percent of the total.
🚛 Furthermore, among the 301,200 active individual entrepreneurs, 56,600 (19 percent) are young business operators.
Targeted tax incentives have also been instituted to promote youth employment and vocational skills training.
📝 Specifically, from September 1, 2024, to September 1, 2027, business entities that hire students from schools, colleges, and technical vocational schools, as well as individuals aged 30 and under for professional on-the-job training, are eligible to pay personal income tax (PIT) and social tax at a preferential rate of 1 percent on wages disbursed to these employees.
✔️ To date, 224 enterprises have utilized this incentive, securing over 6.8 billion UZS in tax relief benefits.