With the Official Gazette dated the 31st of March 2023 and numbered 32149; Presidential Decision with the number 7015 has been published regarding the technology development and R&D regions under the emergency state.

With that decision, in the calculation of the income tax withholding incentive within the scope of the “Technology Development Zones Law” with the number 4691 and the “Supporting Research, Development, and Design Activities Law” with the number 5746, the income tax incentive rate that is applied for the time performed outside of R&D and technology development regions, will be applied as a hundred percent (for the whole working period) during the period of emergency state in the provinces were affected by the earthquake and declared as the state of emergency as of 6th February 2023.

The submission and payment deadline of 2022 Annual Income Tax Declaration, Ba-Bs Forms, e-Ledger signature and the upload date of Electronic Ledger Certificates have been postponed.

The Revenue Administration announced below:

Within the scope of the regulations in the Constitution and the regulations in the Law on the Protection of Personal Data No. 6689 ("KVKK"), there are regulations for applying to the data controller and Complaint to the Turkish DPA.

According to the announcement published by the Personal Data Protection Authority; as of 27th March 2023, the "Complaint Module" system on the website of the Authority has been updated so that lawyers can also submit their complaints to the Turkish DPA by power of attorney.

Within the scope of election activities; political parties defined within the framework of the Law No. 2820 (In Turkish) on Political Parties should be considered as "Data Controller" in accordance with the KVKK.

With the information note published, political parties; it has been reported that data processing activities are carried out in the establishment notices and documents of political parties, in the political party register, in the stage of holding elections, in the notification of those working in the organs to the public authorities, in the identification of the nomination and party voter list, in the storage of the pre-election documents.