The purpose of the study is to cashless payments in the Republic of Kazakhstan and their impact on the development of households and entrepreneurship. Improving cashless payments is closely related to the overall development of technology. The speed, convenience, and security of non-cash payments are growing from year to year. Cashless payment is a relevant and convenient form of payment in the life of every citizen, due to its availability for all legal entities and individuals. This trend is widespread and qualitatively increasing. There is also a trend of rapid penetration of non-cash payments into the financial market. This is due to convenience, the developing market of digital services, and payments, as well as the growing competitiveness of banks. The main research methods were general theoretical methods, as well as special economic and mathematical methods. Based on the study of the organization of cashless settlement in the Republic of Kazakhstan and the analysis of the work with the cashless settlement, the following recommendations were made to improve the system of cashless settlement to Kazakhstani enterprises: introduction of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) into the economic activities of enterprises; improvement of the electronic money system by creating platforms for seamless operation of data transfer. The practical significance of the study is determined by the fact that the proposals made by the authors on the improvement of the cashless payment system can be used to improve this system.

Tax payments and supervision in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as all tax deductions are determined and carried out in accordance with the Tax Code, as it relates to the policy of the state and the financing of economic services activities of the state. The purpose of the article is to offer ideas on the direction of tax optimization using regulations, rules and benefits, approved interest on payments prescribed in the Tax Code of RK. Despite the diversification the tax system is divided into two parts and is implemented in practice. Sometimes entrepreneurs and businesses confuse the concepts of “tax optimization” and “evasion of tax payments”, because the goals of taxpayers and the state do not coincide. The taxpayer's goal is to reduce or minimize tax payments as much as possible and increase profits from entrepreneurial activity. The goal of the state – increasing tax revenues to the budget and the implementation of government programs for development, as well as ensuring the development of small and medium-sized businesses and their stable operation in the market. On the basis of optimization of tax payments and competent maintenance of tax system it is possible to reduce unwanted expenses and penalties. Tax optimization is an action that brings an enterprise to a level of financial freedom. In order to approach this level, the article outlines an optimized model of tax policy and basic approaches to tax minimization. This will affect the implementation of an effective mechanism of tax payments to the budget and work on the legislative scheme. Due to the use of methods of tax optimization the social position of the state and entrepreneurship in the country is improved.