Development of Small and Medium Business in The Republic of Kazakhstan In the Post-Covid Period

The state of small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Kazakhstan for the period 2020-2022 is considered. The authors examined in more detail the development of SMEs in terms of quantity, number, output and types of economic activity as of October 1, 2022. The issues of improving the development of small and medium-sized businesses in the Republic of Kazakhstan at the present stage are also presented, namely, taking into account changes in the tax legislation, issues of interaction between tax authorities and second-tier banks. In addition, the article discusses the issues of economic policy in the field of supporting small and medium-sized businesses, using all the instruments of state regulation. The dependence of the economic and political stability of society on the effectiveness of financial methods to support small and medium-sized businesses has been revealed.