Taxation on purchases made online. In recent years, online shopping has become competitive with physical shopping. Some of the major shopping sites in the world are; Amazon, Ebay, Walmart, Alibaba, Target, Bestbuy, Flipkart, Groupon. Turkish citizens are able to shop from these sites and provide their personal needs. It was published in the Official Gazette on 15 March 2022. Here the state has two objectives; the first is to protect the domestic producer with taxes on imports that may be commercial. The other is to increase the state's tax revenues.

Customs LawAccording to the change made in the
1) On purchases made over the Internet;
a) It costs up to 150 Euros made by individuals,
b) It costs up to 22 euros for the companies,
2) On the return from abroad, passengers brought with them and Gifting Items that cannot be considered,

if EU countries18% if it comes from third country (e.g. China, US, etc.) will pay 30% tax.

Note: In the Customs Law and related legislation, the taxable matrah in imports CIF Price It is stated. Therefore, it is important to remember that the shipping price and also the insurance price (if the insurance is not done, the 3% precedent price will be applied) will be added to the amount until the goods reach Turkey from abroad. Apart from these, discount, royalty or license fees will also be added if they exist in the tax matrix according to the relevant Laws.

The Decision Published March 15, 2022 the Official Gazette

To seek advice on foreign trade;

Gökhan EROL
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