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0% Withholding Tax to be Applied on Income from Mint Certificates

With the bulletin dated 25.08.2022 from the Capital Markets Board, it was announced that the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Directorate General of the Mint and Stamp Printing House, was authorized to issue mint certificates with a nominal export limit for 5,000 kg of gold with a purity of 0.995 through a public offering.

The issuance of mint certificates aims to bring idle physical gold into the economy.

With the Presidential Decree No. 6036 published in the Official Gazette No. 31954 on 15.09.2022, the withholding tax rate to be applied on income obtained from the issuance of mint certificates is set at 0% according to the Temporary Article 67 of the Income Tax Law.

You can access the relevant Presidential Decree here.

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