Turkey Digital Tax Office is being established, there will be Digital Tax Assistants with artificial intelligence
Within the scope of the Economy Reform Package by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, the law for the establishment of the “Turkey Digital Tax Office”, which will serve all taxpayers in our country and enable electronic transactions, has been shaped.
Within the framework of the economic reform, it is aimed to simplify tax regulations while opening the way for investors and to switch to a 24-hour tax office service with digitalized transactions. In the Digital Tax Office, artificial intelligence digital tax assistants will answer possible questions from citizens, and at the same time, the application differences and bureaucracy that annoy citizens in the tax offices will come to an end.
Thanks to the Digital Tax Office, taxpayers will be able to make their payments quickly, regardless of time and place. In addition, tax refund reviews, notifications and reporting processes will be completed quickly in electronic environment. With the law, digital transformation will also be provided in tax transactions.
Under the law, 850 thousand tradespersons will be exempt from income tax
Law studies for the establishment of the Turkish Digital Tax Office continue at full speed. Within the scope of the studies, it is planned to present the legal regulation on exemption of more than 850 thousand tradespersons from income tax and the abolition of their declaration obligations to the Parliament at the end of December. Accordingly, tradesperson, such as carpenters, tea shop owners, tailors, repairpersons, hairdressers and plumbers, who are taxed in a simple manner, will be exempt from income tax and their declaration obligations will be removed.
The Ministry of Treasury and Finance, which has rolled up its sleeves for citizen-oriented reform steps in the tax system, will base on increasing taxation according to the ability to pay. The Tax Procedure Law will be regulated in such a way as to encourage voluntary compliance. At the same time, it is planned to put into practice towards the end of this year the work on the collection of unpaid debts to the public by a single administration.
In another issue, double taxation agreements for global investors are being revised and the “mutual agreement method” will be used with other countries in solving tax problems that concern more than one country.
