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Gulzhana Dzhanpeisovna Karagusova
In mid-January 2021 , Karagusova Gulzhana Dzhanpeisovna resigned from her post as chairwoman of the Finance and Budget Commitee for the Mazhilis of Kazakhstan ’ s Parliament . World Monitor ’ s editorial staff met with Gulzhana Dzhanpeisovna in her new role , one in which her vast experience in public service is behind her , having held various chairwomanships , and of course , always offering a unique , honest and indisputable view of the situation in the country and in the world . This interview took place in an online format , which has been a novelty for the heroine herself and for our editorial staff . We hope very much that in the near future we shall smoothly move to the former and so familiar-to-us mode of personal meetings .
Gulzhana Dzhanpeisovna , after so many years of work , please , share the results of your activities . Which have pushed you out of your comfort zone to defend your point of view in front of fellow Mazhilismen ?
In total , I have 20 years working in civil service in parliament . I have worked for four and a half years in the Senate and 15 years in the Mazhilis . All these years in the Mazhilis , I have served as the chairwoman of the Finance and Budget Committee . I can say that every second bill has forced people to leave their comfort zone . Because the committee itself is a key and , of course , some interests are always contiguous to each other . Very often , questions have arisen about amendments that , for one reason or another , should not have been amended in the bills , and often it has been necessary to settle various disputes and disagreements . It has been very difficult to work with the government , especially with issues related to the tax code . It has always been very difficult to deal with taxes . Yes , and now the system needs a clear organizational structure in this area , otherwise there will be no efficiency from the reforms .
What do you think about the discharge of the IIT payment when it is about withdrawing pension savings ? Many people today are interested in the ethics of this . At the moment , the state proposes the payment of the individual income tax on payments that have already been made from wages . Is that to say a tax imposed on savings earned by citizens ?
I understand the citizen ’ s concern about this issue . And I know that this issue has been discussed for a very long time with difficultly at the state level . At the proper time , when I was the Minister ( from 2001 to 2007 – the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Kazakhstan , Ed .), we proposed such amendments , but we had a clear understanding that the state was obliged to provide people with a guarantee that , taking into account the average inflation , their savings would remain intact . There had to be a certain green line , giving citizens the guarantee that nothing would happen to their savings . The state is obliged to provide guarantees for the safety of savings .
The fact that the IIT has now been imposed on pension savings , I think that it is not entirely correct .
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