According to the decision of the Personal Data Protection Authority (“KVKK”) dated 17.12.2019 numbered 2019/387, the deadline for registration obligation to Data Controllers' Registry Information System ("VERBIS") has been extended.

a. Minimum wage

In The press release dated December 26, 2019 the Ministry of Labor along with the Minimum Wage Determination Committee have announced the minimum wage to be effective for the year of 2020 as shown in the table below.

Law number 7194 for taxation of digital services and Law number 375 for the changes in tax legislation has been published in the official gazette on 7 Dec 2019.

Significant changes have been made in the context of taxes with this Law. Featured changes can be summarized as follows;

Digital Services Tax

As per the new regulation; the revenue resulting from various digital services like any advertisement service, selling activities in digital platform, any services allow digital activities as watching, listening, saving on digital platforms will be subject to taxation.

Within the scope of Ministry of Treasury and Finance Revenue Administration Directorate Protocol dated 26.11.2019 and numbered 92467168 – 030.03 (76-01) – E. 162711; it has been decided that private banks’ tax collection applications through all channels including headquarters, branches, online banking, ATM and phone banking are to be terminated as of 01.01.2020.