Each year, the rental income earned by real persons are declared to the respective tax office with the Annual Income Declaration until the end of March (for 2022 income, 31st of March, 2023). The types of income that are within the scope of moveable assets except the rental income, are stated in the Income Tax Law Number 70. In order to declare the rent income, the lump sum expense method and actual expense method are implemented. As of 2022 tax year, for the rental income, the ratio of 15% would be used for lump sum expense calculations. In the below table, the related details are provided for rental income from residential and commercial places. For further detailed information please contact your customer representative or an expert.

The Law No: 7440 published on the Official Gazette dated March 13, 2023 and numbered 32130.

With that Law, the additional payments / allowances up to a limit amount of TRY 50,000, made to the earthquake victim employees (whose spouse, child or mother and father were affected), between the period February 6, 2023 – July 31, 2023, will be exempt from income tax (In Turkish), social security premium and stamp tax. (In Turkish)

"The Communiqué on Amending the Corporate Tax General Communiqué Serial No. 21" was published in the Official Gazette No. 32119 on March 1, 2023.

Following changes were made in the relevant communiqué.

Application of discounts on the earnings of institutions operating in the Istanbul Financial Center Region;

A state of force majeure has been declared between and including between dated 6th February 2023 and 31st July 2023 due to the earthquakes occurred in Kahramanmaraş on the dated 6th February 2023, Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Şanlıurfa provinces and Gürün district of Sivas province.

The installment payment periods of the people in debt due to the force majeure caused by the earthquake were extended exclusively to the payee administrations in these places.