Property Tax

Property Tax is a kind of tax that needs to be paid by real estate owners such as land, estates, workplace, houses, etc. For the properties owned by deed; The person in whose name the deed has been issued is the owner of the property and thus liable to pay for real estate tax.

This tax is paid in two equal installments each year. The first payment is made in March, April, or May, and the second payment is within November.

The taxpayers shall deposit their payments to the Real Estate Tax Department of their registered municipality. During the payment, if the payment will be made through the physical application to the authority, the real estate deed is required to be presented. In case the said real estate is outside the city, the payments can be made at the PTT offices. These payments can also be made online via the e-municipality system (e-belediye).

In Official Gazette numbered 31631 and dated 17.10.2021, an important Presidential Decision has been published with regards to the employees working remotely under the scope of technology development and R&D regions.

With that decision, the income tax incentive time rate of 20% that is applied for the time performed outside of R&D and technology development regions will be applied as 50% until 31.12.2022 for the R&D and technology development employees.

Certain provisions have been amended in Income Tax General Communiqué No. 252 with Communiqué numbered 315, published in Official Gazette numbered 31620 and dated 06.10.2021.

New updates have been made in the Communiqué, which regulates the deduction of taxes applied through withholding from the income or corporate tax calculated on the annual return, and the refund of the remaining portion, deduction, and refund of temporary tax resulting from tax errors related to taxes.

Certification of Simple Accommodation Facilities and Beach Premises The Regulation, which is published in the Official Gazette numbered 31609 and dated 25.09.2021, specifies the procedures and principles regarding the minimum qualifications of simple accommodation facilities (accommodation facilities which are operating without a license), beach premises, and their certifications, and it includes the provision of certificates to these entities, the procedures and principles regarding the determination of the physical conditions and operating principles that the beach premises have to comply with, promotion, information and approval of the price tariffs to be applied, and the inspection of the facilities.