BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 4. Tax revenues collected through the State Tax Service under the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan from January through August 2025 amounted to 11.6 billion manat ($6.8 billion), which is 105.4 percent of the forecast.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Tax Service indicates that revenues increased by 333.6 million manat ($197.9 million), or 3 percent, compared to the same period in 2024. Collections from the non-oil and gas sector totaled 8.4 billion manat ($4.9 billion), fulfilling 103 percent of the plan.
Meanwhile, revenues from this sector rose by 690.4 million manat ($405.9 million), or 8.9 percent, compared to last year. The share of non-oil and gas payments in the total volume reached 73.0 percent, while oil and gas accounted for 27.0 percent.
In addition, mandatory state social contributions from the wage fund, within the framework of measures to reduce informal employment, amounted to 4.2 billion manat ($2.5 billion) during the reporting period. This figure increased by 12.2 percent compared to the same period last year, or by 455.8 million manat ($267.6 million).
For extra-budgetary organizations, revenues grew by 13.2 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, totaling 2.8 billion manat ($1.6 billion).
Revenues from unemployment insurance contributions rose by 11 percent compared to January–August 2024 and reached 148.2 million manat ($87.2 million). In extra-budgetary organizations, revenues grew by 12.3 percent, amounting to 113.2 million manat ($66.6 million).
Contributions to mandatory health insurance increased by 10.3 percent compared to the same period last year, amounting to 727.6 million manat ($428 million). For extra-budgetary organizations, these contributions rose by 10.0 percent, reaching 515 million manat ($303 million).
