The amending protocol to the double tax agreement between South Africa and Turkey entered into force on 15 July 2017, according to a SARS notification published on 28 July 2017. The protocol was signed at Pretoria on 3 March 2005 to amend the agreement for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income.
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