03.01.2023/6

The Special Communication Tax Amount to be Applied for the Initial Setup of Mobile Phone Subscriptions Has Been Set at 260.00-TL

The Special Communication Tax amount to be applied for the initial setup of mobile phone subscriptions has been redefined with the 21st Serial No. Special Communication Tax General Communiqué published in the Official Gazette dated 30.12.2022 and numbered 32059 (2nd Repetition).

In the third paragraph of Article 39 of the Expenditure Taxes Law No. 6802, it is stated that, “for the initial setup of mobile phone subscriptions (excluding those solely for machine-to-machine data transfer for remote monitoring and operation of work and services by a central server, which are mandatory for their execution, and excluding operator changes), twenty million Turkish Lira is additionally levied as a special communication tax. This amount is applied by increasing it annually at the revaluation rate determined according to the provisions of the Tax Procedure Law No. 213 for the previous year. Fractions not exceeding five percent of the calculated amount are disregarded.

Pursuant to this provision, the fixed tax amount has been set at 260.00-TL effective from 1.1.2023.

You can access the relevant communiqué here.

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