The Revenue Administration has announced the details with regards to the electricity, natural gas and heating allowance exemption with the Income Tax Communique no:322.

1. What are the conditions for this exemption?

These allowances;

• should be made between 09.11.2022 and 30.06.2023 (including this date),
• should be done for electricity, natural gas and other heating expenses,
• should not exceed 1,000 TL per month,
• should be made in addition to the existing wages.

With the Communique published on the Official Gazette dated 25.11.2022 and numbered 32024, some amendments have been made on the previously published Communique with regards to the information systems of payment and electronic money institutions and data sharing services in the field of payment service providers.

With the new amendments;

• Payment Institutions and Electronic Money Institutions would need to be compliant with the statements on this Communique until 28.02.2023. (The duration stated as "within one year" upon the publish date has changed)
• Payment service providers that hold payment accounts inside and are among the top ten participants according to their total number in terms of account transactions carried out in Bank Payment Systems in 2020, should fulfill their obligations per the Article 24 of this Communiqué until 28.02.2023. (The duration stated as "within one year" upon the publish date has changed)
• Data sharing services whose technical requirements are determined within the scope of the sixth paragraph of Article 23 of this Communiqué, may continue to be provided by using non-standard services until 28.02.2023. (The duration stated as "within one year" upon the publish date has changed)

With the application number 2018/16857 and dated 29.09.2022 Constitutional Court Decision has been published in the Official Gazette No. 32030 on 01.12.2022, it has been concluded that the obligation to protect of personal data is a positive obligation that should be undertaken by public authorities hasn’t been fulfilled.

The Constitutional Court examined the claim that the right to request the protection of personal data was violated since the investigation made on the complaint regarding the illegal recording of a non-public speech was not conducted in accordance with the positive obligations of the state.

With the Presidential Decree No. 6417, published in the Official Gazette No. 32023 on November 24, 2022, the special consumption tax bases for private cars whose engine cylinder volume does not exceed 1600 (cm³) have been redefined.

With the regulation, the special consumption tax rates of the vehicles whose engine cylinder volume exceeds 1600 (cm³) but does not exceed 2000 (cm³) and which also have an electric motor, whose electric motor power exceeds 50 kW and engine cylinder volume does not exceed 1800 (cm³) are included, and their SCT bases were also redefined.

The regulation will not create any change in the price of cars with a sales price over 594,720.02 TRY, including taxes, for cars under 1600 cc.