31.12.2025 07:45
In the new year, tax and fee increases will be kept below the revaluation rate. Accordingly, the increase rate for stamp duty, fees, and motor vehicle tax for the year 2026 has been set at 18.95% instead of 25.49%. The Minister of Treasury and Finance, Mehmet Şimşek, stated, "An increase has been made in favor of the citizens, in line with the inflation target."
It was decided to increase the revaluation rate of taxes and fees to be applied in the new year from 25.49 percent to 18.95 percent by the Presidential Decision. The Presidential Decision regarding the matter was published in the Official Gazette.
AN INCREASE BELOW THE REVALUATION RATE WAS MADE
As in every year, in 2026, various fixed limits and amounts within the scope of tax legislation, such as income, inheritance and transfer, valuable housing, value-added, special consumption, special communication, stamp, and motor vehicle taxes, as well as the exit fee for going abroad, needed to be updated according to the revaluation rate determined for this year, which is 25.49 percent.
2026 INFLATION TARGET WAS TAKEN AS A BASE
Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek announced that they were working to increase the fixed limits and amounts in the tax laws to be applied in the new year in favor of the citizens. With the decision taken in this direction, the stamp tax and fees, as well as the motor vehicle tax, will be increased by 18.95 percent, below the rate of 19 percent, in line with the inflation target set for 2026.
AN INCREASE IN FAVOR OF CITIZENS WAS MADE
Minister Şimşek, in his evaluation to AA correspondent, stated, "With the regulation, an increase has been made in tax and fee payments affecting a wide range of people, in a way that is in favor of our citizens and in line with the inflation target, instead of the revaluation rate."
Şimşek also mentioned that they increased the amounts in the income tax and valuable housing tax tariffs, the fixed exemption amounts for inheritance and transfer tax, the tax base bracket amounts, and similar fixed limits and amounts that are in favor of citizens in line with the revaluation rate, stating, "Thus, while continuing our contribution to the disinflation process with fiscal policy, we have also reduced the obligations of our citizens within the framework of budgetary possibilities."