Finance Minister Şimşek tightens tax audits on high-income earners
Summary · in our words
The Tax Audit Board raised the inspection rate for large-scale taxpayers to %31,3. Within the programme targeting high-income groups, the tax base increase reached 48,7 milyar lira. Finance and Treasury Minister Mehmet Şimşek stated that audit capacity is being directed toward large-scale and high-income taxpayers.
The Tax Audit Board raised the inspection rate for large-scale taxpayers to 31.3% and the tax base increase under the high-income targeting programme reached 48.7 billion lira. Concentrating audit capacity on large-scale taxpayers rather than broadening the base means the near-term revenue gain depends on deeper enforcement against an existing pool of filers, which can compress the cash-flow planning window for the companies and individuals under review.
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