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Turkish tax compliance and digital audit intensification

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The Turkish Ministry of Treasury and Finance has significantly intensified its efforts to combat tax evasion and the unregistered economy through expanded audits and digital transformation. The Tax Inspection Board (VDK) has launched comprehensive compliance audits targeting fake document trades, coordinating with the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) to investigate suspicious transactions. Recent initiatives have shifted focus toward large-scale and high-income taxpayers; inspections for large-scale entities rose to 31.3%, compared to much lower rates for small and medium enterprises. This increased scrutiny has identified thousands of previously undeclared taxpayers and significantly expanded the national tax base. To modernize enforcement, the government has introduced the KURGAN risk analysis system and specialized units in Ankara and Istanbul to target organized evasion, shell companies, and international transfer pricing. Unlike traditional methods, KURGAN identifies risky transactions early, allowing taxpayers to correct declarations before formal audits. This is complemented by the ‘Preparation for Audit File’ (İHD) application and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to streamline investigations. Authorities are also intensifying audits of IBAN-based money transfers, cross-referencing rental payments and commercial transactions against tax filings to prevent the masking of income. Additionally, Recent developments show the mandatory electronic tax notification (e-Tebligat) system Revenue Administration (GİB) has been expanded successfully integrated RPA to include corporate taxpayers automate tax-related transactions and specific SCT-related entities, with a registration deadline of November 30, 2026. Digital tools like the correspondence. This automation has generated over 200,000 documents without manual intervention, including 205,000 correction slips and 75,000 electronic tax penalty notices. The Digital Tax Office continue platform now provides 261 services and has recorded over 750 million visits. In the first nine months of 2026, approximately 18.3 million applications were submitted electronically, while e-invoice and e-ledger users both exceeded 2.2 million. Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek stated these initiatives aim to centralize tax administration shorten processing times and monitoring. improve efficiency, with future plans to incorporate artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain.

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