High Income Group Focused Tax Audits from VDK

According to the information obtained by the AA correspondent from the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, tax audits carried out by VDK continue to focus on people in the high income group.

By using different audit methodologies such as tax audit, invitation to explanation and surveillance, it is ensured that these segments fulfill their tax responsibilities correctly.

With the work carried out by the Presidency, 31.3 percent of large-scale taxpayers were subject to tax audit this year. This showed that almost 1 in every 3 large taxpayers was under investigation. The rate in question for large taxpayers was around 11 percent in previous years.

This rate remained at 7.3 percent for medium-sized taxpayers and 1.1 percent for small-scale taxpayers this year. Applications such as invitation to explanation are preferred in the audit of medium-sized taxpayers, and surveillance for warning purposes is preferred in small-scale taxpayers.

48.7 billion lira base increase

In addition, this year, the Presidency launched the 2nd High Income Groups Surveillance and Compliance Program to ensure that taxpayers in the high income group can accurately declare their 2025 earnings. Within the scope of this program, the base increased by taxpayers reached 48.7 billion lira. With the program, the number of taxpayers who were included in the scope of surveillance and considered to be in the high income group reached 16 thousand 307. Within the scope of the study, these taxpayers were divided into two separate groups.

While it was seen that the people in the first group had partnerships in Türkiye's 42 thousand largest companies in terms of scale, it was determined that their income tax amounts did not match their earnings determined by risk analysis.

The second group included people who did not have a partnership in any company, but whose luxurious life did not match the taxes they paid.

They declared for the first time

It was also determined that approximately 7 thousand taxpayers who were included in the scope of surveillance had not made any declarations in the past period. Most of these people declared their income for the first time as a result of the surveillance work.

In this context, the increase in the income tax declaration increased to 6.7 billion lira, the increase in the tax deduction base made by the companies in which these people are partners increased to 4.2 billion lira, and the increase in the corporate tax base of the companies in which they are partners increased to 33.9 billion lira.

"We invite our taxpayers to voluntary tax compliance"

In his evaluation to AA, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek stated that the tax audit capacity has been significantly strengthened with the effective use of technology and said, "Within the scope of our efforts to increase justice in taxation, we direct our audit capacity to taxpayers in large-scale and high-income groups. We invite these taxpayers to voluntary compliance with taxes." he said.