On December 7, 2023, the next meeting of the Tax, Customs and Legal Affairs Working Group was held at the AHK Azerbaijan office. Changes made in the Tax Legislation for 2024 were discussed at the meeting. The event speakers were Mr Avaz Guliyev, deputy head of the State Tax Service's tax policy department, and Ahmad Ahmadov, head of the legislative monitoring and business administration department of the State Tax Service.

First of all, the Chairman of Tax, Customs and Legal Affairs Working Group, Tax Director of PwC Azerbaijan, Ms Gunel Sadiyeva, greeted the representatives of the participating companies and gave brief information about the progress of the meeting. Then Ms Sadiyeva passed the floor to Mr Guliyev. Mr Guliyev gave a presentation about the scope of the main directions of the new changes. He also gave detailed information about the tax changes that will take place in the finance, agriculture, transport, tourism and health sectors.
Furthermore Mr Guliyev also touched on the issue of improving tax administrators. Finally, Mr Guliyev informed the participants about the new upcoming measurements to strengthen the fight against shadow economy and tax evasion.

At the end of the meeting, a multilateral discussion was held under the moderation of Ms Sadiyeva. The event ended with a Q&A session.