In the written statement made by the Ministry, it was stated that the audit of customs and foreign trade transactions for the past periods was continued effectively and decisively in order to prevent tax loss and evasion in foreign trade transactions and to protect the rights of foreign traders who carry out customs transactions in accordance with the legislation.
In the statement pointing out the studies carried out, “Within the scope of 717 secondary control reports carried out by the Control Branches within 18 Customs and Foreign Trade Regional Directorates, 142 thousand 768 customs declarations were examined for the second time. An additional accrual and penalty decision of 8.3 billion liras was issued for 23 thousand 132 customs declarations registered by 3 thousand 606 companies and found to be irregular, and a 37 percent increase was achieved compared to the same period of the previous year.” expressions were used.
160 COMPANIES ARE INSPECTED
In the statement, which underlined that advanced data analytics techniques were used in the studies, it was emphasized that 160 companies were inspected within the scope of post-control company audits carried out by inspectors on identified risky companies. As a result of these inspections, a total of 1.8 billion lira of additional accrual and penalty decisions were issued and a 12 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year.
“Thus, as a result of the secondary control declaration examinations and subsequent control company audits carried out by the General Directorate of Trade Research and Risk Assessment in the first 8 months of 2026, a total of 10.1 billion lira of additional accrual and penalty decisions were issued. The amount in question increased by 32 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.”
