Each year, the rent income earned by real persons are declared to the relevant tax office with the Annual Income Declaration by March 25. The income types which are acknowledged within the scope of the GMSI (real property income), other than the rent incomes, are elaborated on the Income Tax Law, Article 70.

The responsible party who is to apply the lump sum method, once the exemptions to be implemented on the tax can deduct the 15% rest of the amount to be declared under real expense. In the below table, you can refer to the details on rent income, applicable to residential and commercial properties. For further detailed information please contact your customer representative or an expert.

As is known, with the Presidential Decree No. 476 (“Decree”) published in the Official Gazette dated 19.12.2018, payments made for advertisement services offered/mediated for online platforms had been included within the scope of tax withholding. You may access our article here that includes our reviews about the Decree, which entered into force to be applicable for payments to be made after 01.01.2019.

“Communique on Amendment to VAT General Application Communique (Serial no 23)” published in the Official Gazette No. 30687, dated 15.02.2019, and “Communique on Amendment to VAT General Application Communique (Serial no 24)” published in the Official Gazette No. 30692, dated 20.02.2019, entered into force upon having been approved by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.

The amendments introduced by the communiques no. 23 and 24 are as follows:

7162 numbered “the Law on Amending the Income Tax Law and Other Laws” (the “Law”) is published on 30.01.2019 dated and 30671 numbered Official Gazette. The Law has made some crucial amendments on the Income Tax Law, the Value Added Tax Law, the Corporate Tax Law and the Municipality Incomes Tax Law.

Some important amendments brought with the Law as follows:

1. AMENDMENTS ON THE INCOME TAX LAW (“ITL”)

TRADESMEN EXEMPTED FROM THE TAX

Art. 1 of the Law has made an addition to the ITL. With this addition, the ones that sell online some products produced at home without establishing a workplace shall be in the scope of tradesmen exemption for the income tax. (Effective Date: 30.01.2019)