Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- About 13 thousand public catering enterprises will be exempted from paying taxes. This was noted today during the meeting of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev with entrepreneurs in Tashkent.

By the end of 2021, 13 thousand catering establishments will be exempt from paying land tax and property tax. This will allow them to leave at their disposal 30 billion soums.

The deadlines for repayment of debts in the amount of 35 billion soums on other taxes will be extended until the end of this year, and the repayment of loans will be delayed.

In addition, travel companies and hotels will be exempted from tourist taxes for 2 years, which will allow them to leave 150 billion soums at their disposal.

According to the President, today about 5 thousand enterprises have receivables on foreign trade operations.

In connection with the pandemic, by the end of this year, the collection of fines from these entrepreneurs in the amount of 6 trillion soums, which have been imposed to date, will be suspended.