In a statement made by the Revenue Administration, it denied news and social media posts that there were plans to charge fees for some transactions in the digital environment. The following information was included in the statement:
“In some media outlets and social media posts;
– Transactions such as taxpayer registration, tax plate inquiry and verification, which can be done free of charge through the Digital Tax Office and e-Government application, will be subject to a fee,
-In addition to declarations such as VAT and summary tax submitted every month, additional fees will be charged for attachments such as income statements and balance sheets and account summaries in income, corporate and provisional tax declarations.
– A fee will be charged for the no tax debt letters that taxpayers receive free of charge,
– It is claimed that taxpayers and financial advisors will be charged for inquiries, verifications and other transactions they make through electronic applications such as the Digital Tax Office, Internet Tax Office and Electronic Declaration Application for themselves or for the taxpayers they serve, and all of these claims are unfounded and unrealistic.”
There is no “transaction fee” but there is a “participation fee”
In the statement, it was stated that “within the scope of the article added to the Tax Procedure Law, it is envisaged that “a participation fee of not less than 25 kuruş will be charged per query or returned record in return for sharing the information that can be shared with third parties with public institutions and organizations and legal entities other than public administrations within the scope of general administration within the framework of the provisions of the said article.”
According to the statement, in accordance with the relevant regulation, “a participation fee may be collected in return for information that can be shared electronically with public institutions and organizations and legal entities other than public administrations within the scope of general government.” The statement said, “There is no question of sharing data and collecting a participation fee with real persons within this scope.”
In the statement, it was stated that “taxpayers and financial advisors will not pay any fees for transactions such as querying and verifying tax identification number and tax plate, sending, viewing and downloading declarations, querying and viewing tax information, requesting and receiving a tax debt-free letter through the said applications, as they did in the past.”
WHICH TRANSACTIONS WILL BE CHARGED?
The statement included the following statements regarding the purpose of the regulation regarding the collection of “participation fee”:
“The purpose of the regulation for which a participation fee is foreseen is to collect a participation fee from information sharing to be carried out through the electronic infrastructure to be mutually developed with institutions and organizations such as banks and financial institutions, electronic commerce intermediary service providers, electricity and natural gas distribution companies, payment recording device manufacturers, which are not sufficient for their internal transactions with the query and verification processes carried out free of charge through the mentioned applications and wish to provide value-added services and to carry out the checks they are required to carry out in a fast and electronic environment as required by the legislation they are subject to.”
According to the statement, it is envisaged that a “participation fee” will be collected from transactions carried out by institutions other than public institutions and organizations integrated into the GIB system. The reason for this is explained as “technical development by the GIB and additional transactions to ensure that these business processes remain in a continuously serviceable state.”
In the statement, it was stated that the draft Tax Procedure Law General Communiqué was prepared within this framework and presented to the public for opinion.
