Obligation to Obtain the Tax Plates

The tax plates for the taxpayer workplaces which have been created electronically and transferred to the e-tax offices in accordance with the Corporate / Income Tax Declarations shall be printed until the end of May either by the authorized persons of the entity, by the certified public accountant or by the sworn certified public accountant operating with the entity.

For the workplaces which are obligated to poses tax plates but failed to obtain the new tax plates, will be liable to an administrative penalty fine in accordance with the Tax Procedure Law, in cases where this incompliancy is realized in case of an audit held by the authorities.

The tax payers shall register and create the new tax plates either by logging into the system themselves (if liable to full approval) or with the assistance of their CPAs.

Each year, the rent income earned by real persons are declared to the respective tax office with the Annual Income Declaration until 25th of March. The types of income that are within the scope of GMSI except for the rent incomes, are stated in the Income Tax Law Number 70.

In order to declare the rent income, the lump sum expense method and real expense method are implemented. Up until this year 25% ratio was considered for implementation of lump expense method. But this 25% ratio has been reduced to 15% ratio as of the start from 2017 revenues. In the below table only information is provided for rent income from residental and commercial places. For further detailed information please contact your customer representative or an expert.

Within the scope of the Income Tax Law numbered 6663 and Law on Making Amendments on Certain Laws, the premium incentive that is currently being applied to certain cities of Türkiye within the scope of regional incentive application has been extended until 31.12.2018 starting as of 01.01.2018, with the announcement made on the Official Gazette dated 10.02.2018 in accordance with the resolution of the Council of Ministers.

The "Announcement and Advertisement Tax" declaration and payment term has been postponed to Close of Business of February 15, 2018 for the final time. Workplaces that have submitted the declaration in the month of January and still have not paid the relevant tax amount liable to the final pay date also.

All kinds of announcements and advertisements made within the boundaries of municipalities and their adjacent areas are subject to the “Announcement and Advertisement Tax”. The responsible party of this relevant tax is the real or the legal person who makes the advertisement on behalf of themselves. The third parties who process the advertisements on behalf of the actual party, are responsible to make the tax payments to the relevant Municipalities on behalf of the actual party.