The American marketplace eBay has officially registered with Uzbekistan's tax authorities to pay value-added tax (VAT), the State Tax Committee of the Republic reported.

Previously, Amazon, Apple, Google, Netflix, Zoom, and 58 other foreign internet companies had also registered with the special tax office in Uzbekistan.

In the first nine months of 2024, these internet companies earned 850 billion soums ($65.4 million) in Uzbekistan and paid 102 billion soums ($7.8 million) in taxes.

This is double the amount collected during the same period in 2023.