The reporting deadline has expired for income taxpayers who are actually subject to tax due to their commercial, agricultural and professional activities, as well as for taxpayers whose income consists solely of wages, rents, income from movable property or other income and income.
Millions of taxpayers used the Ready Declaration System developed by the Revenue Administration to declare their income last year.
Thanks to content and services such as SMS alerts, public notices, instructional and guidance videos, call center services and guides, there has been an increase in both the number of returns and the amount of taxes.
A record was broken in the number of reports
During the reporting period, which lasted the entire March, income taxpayers submitted 2 million 899,000 returns on income from commercial, agricultural and self-employment activities. The number of reports was 2 million,747 thousand last year and 2 million,604 thousand in 2024.
The increase in the number of reports in the last three years caused a stir. While the number of declarations filed by persons with income from commercial, agricultural and self-employment increased by 11 percent over the three-year period, the basic amount declared reached 270.4 billion lira for income in 2023, 512.9 billion lira for income in 2024 and 897.3 billion lira for income in 2025.
As a result, there was a 232 percent increase in the total tax base reported by these taxpayers over the last three-year period.
2 million 558 thousand taxpayers who received income from rent, wages, income from movable capital and other income and income also submitted their returns through the Ready Declaration System. While the taxpayers who submitted the declaration declared a tax base of 1 trillion 458 billion liras, the calculated tax amount increased to 446 billion liras.
Accordingly, the rate of increase in the declared assessment base was 70 percent compared to the previous year and 265 percent compared to the previous year. The increase in the calculated tax amount was determined to be 67 percent year-on-year and 252 percent year-on-year.
As a result of the work aimed at taxpayers who have not submitted a return despite having income in previous years, 37,000 returns have been submitted since the beginning of the year for 2024 and previous years.
According to the GIB, although 4.4 million reports were made in 2024 and about 5 million reports last year, the total number of reports made increased by 24 percent this year compared to 2024 and reached a record 5 million,457,000.
While the total declared income tax base was 669 billion lira for income earned in 2023 and 1 trillion 370 billion lira for income earned in 2024, it increased to 2 trillion 355 billion lira this year.
The calculated tax amount was recorded at 202 billion lira for 2023 and 411 billion lira for 2024. This amount increased by 247 percent over the three-year period, reaching 702 billion lira, based on revenue generated last year.
These results also showed that taxpayers' voluntary tax compliance increased over the three-year period.
401k taxpayers filed their taxes for the first time
For 2025, 401,000 taxpayers filed their returns for the first time, establishing liability for rent, wages, income from movable capital and other income and income.
After the income tax return deadline, the tax authorities sent a thank you SMS to taxpayers who had submitted their tax return on time and paid their first installment.
The Presidency began identifying taxpayers who did not declare their income or provided incomplete returns, especially those who earned income in 2025 and did not submit a return despite reminders. The details of these taxpayers are forwarded to the tax offices in order to initiate criminal proceedings against them.
In this process, taxpayers who want to pay their taxes also have the option to file a tax return through the Digital Tax Office (dijital.gib.gov.tr) or the Ready Declaration System (hazirbeyan.gib.gov.tr) and pay taxes by direct debit or credit card through these systems.
Congratulations to the tax administration staff
In his assessment on the issue, Finance and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek pointed out that the Presidency has significantly increased its detection and audit capacities regarding unregistered activities and said: “Taxpayers who did not report their income on time in 2025 or submitted an incomplete return can file a tax return by taking advantage of the remorse provisions. Voluntary compliance is of great importance for tax fairness and sustainability of public finances. Against taxpayers who There are no tax loss penalties when filing tax returns.” by taking advantage of the repentance provisions.” he said.
Congratulating the tax administration employees who contributed to these results both in terms of services to taxpayers and through analysis and field studies in this process, Şimşek said: “Thanks to the decisive implementation of our medium-term program, we have increased the fairness and efficiency of taxation and achieved record increases in the number of declarations, tax collection and basic amounts in the last three years.” he said.
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