Turkey: VAT rates and stamp duty on certain goods amended

05 February, 2017

The Decree No. 2017/9759 for amending the tax rates of the special consumption tax (SCT), VAT and stamp duty on certain goods and transactions was published in the official gazette on 3rd February 2017. A zero per cent rate is set for household

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Moldova and Turkey: Social Security Agreement initialed

21 January, 2017

In accordance with a press release published by the Moldovan Ministry, a Social Security Agreement between Moldova and Turkey has been initialed in Chisinau. This treaty has expected to be signed later this

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Turkey: General Communiqué No. 11 on CIT Law gazetted

06 January, 2017

General Communiqué No. 11 regarding the Corporate Income Tax Law (Law No. 5520) was gazetted on 31st December 2016 and amends General Communiqué No. 1. The measure entered into force on the day of its publication. The Communiqué gives

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Turkey: Bilateral APA signed

06 January, 2017

The Revenue Administration stated on 30th December 2016 that it had signed a new bilateral advance pricing agreement and this agreement is based on article 13 of Corporate Income Tax Law No.

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Turkey: General Communiqué No. 4 on tax amnesty published

02 December, 2016

General Communiqué No. 4 regarding Law No. 6736 on the tax amnesty was published in the Official Gazette and entered into force on 2nd December 2016. This Communiqué gives explanations and examples concerning the assets transfer from abroad to

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Turkey: Tax calendar for special taxpayers

17 November, 2016

The tax authority has issued a regulation entitled “Regulation SNAT/2016/0098” and it was published and entered into force on 8th November 2016. It creates the 2017 tax calendar for special taxpayers, listing the due dates for the tax returns

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Turkey: R&D reform Package increases

04 October, 2016

Some amendments regarding the current research and development (R&D) incentives were introduced on the basis of Turkish Law no. 6676. Companies those carry out R&D activities in Turkey may benefit from the R&D incentives and aids for

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Turkey: Draft General Communiqué on Corporate Tax Law issued

07 September, 2016

The Revenue Administration of Turkey has issued a draft General Communiqué No. 11 on 6th September 2016 regarding Corporate Tax Law (Law No. 5520) on its website. The draft was published in Official Gazette No. 29796 on 9th August 2016. It results

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Turkey: Amendment in transfer pricing legislation

19 August, 2016

The Law No. 6728 on the amendment of certain laws for the improvement of the investment landscape has been published in the Official Gazette on 9 August 2016. This law amended certain transfer pricing provisions. Some of the provisions are given

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Turkey: Draft General Communiqué on CIT Law issued

12 July, 2016

The Revenue Administration has submitted a draft General Communiqué No. 10 on 30th June 2016 regarding Corporate Tax Law (Law No. 5520) to the Prime Minister for publication in the Official Gazette. This draft addresses the changes of General

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Turkey: Guidelines on CIT incentive for capital increase

06 July, 2016

The Turkish Revenue Administration has published guidelines regarding corporate income tax (CIT) incentive on 30th June 2016 for capital increase. According to that incentive, capital companies may able to deduct 50% of the interest calculated over

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DTA between Somalia and Turkey signed

06 June, 2016

An Income Tax Treaty between Somalia and Turkey has signed on 3rd June 2016 in

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Turkey: Annual weighted average interest rate for cash capital increase deduction announced

12 April, 2016

The Revenue Administration has released corporate tax Circular No. 40 on 7th April 2016 regarding the capital increase deduction that specifies that the annual weighted average interest rate is 14.6% for the year 2015. Note that, 50% of the interest

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Turkey: Draft communiqué on transfer pricing documentation, country-by-country reporting

18 March, 2016

The revenue administration of Turkey has issued a draft communiqué on 16th March 2016 that would introduce new transfer pricing documentation rules that generally follow the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) Action 13 recommendations and

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Turkey: R&D reform package enters into force

26 February, 2016

The Law No. 6676 on the Research and Development (R&D) Reform Package was published in Official Gazette on February 26, 2016 and will be entered into force on March 1, 2016. It enhances the opportunity of R&D incentives under the Income Tax

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Turkey: Communiqué regarding pre-filled online tax returns published

25 February, 2016

Tax Procedure Law General Communiqué No. 470 that concerns pre-filled online tax returns pertaining to certain types of income has been published in the Official Gazette of February 25, 2016. The Communiqué aims to improve the opportunity of

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Turkey: Clarifications to Corporate Tax Law General Application Communiqué declared

12 February, 2016

The website of the Revenue Administration published Corporate Tax Communiqué No. 9 (regarding clarifications to the Corporate Tax Law General Application Communiqué of 3 April 2007) on February 11, 2016. This measure has not yet been published in

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Turkey: Personal income tax exemption for young entrepreneurs

11 February, 2016

Law No. 6663 amending the Individual Income Tax Law (Law No. 193) was published in the Official Gazette on 10th February 2016. The law introduces a new partial tax exemption (Article 1) for young entrepreneurs. Article 1 of the Law entered into

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