Sworn-in CPA certification report for exemptions and deductions

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Sworn-in CPA certification report for exemptions and deductions

2026-02-24

It is mandatory that the exemptions, deductions, and practices listed below and included in income and corporate tax returns be certified by Sworn-in Certified Public Accountants.

Sworn-in CPA certification reports must be submitted electronically via the Digital Tax Office within two months following the end of filling period of annual tax returns.

Taxpayers having a full certification agreement with a Sworn-in Certified Public Accountant in relation to their annual tax returns are not required to submit an additional report for the relevant exemptions, deductions, and practices, provided that these are incorporated in the full certification report.

For income tax taxpayers:

  Exemption/Deduction/ Practice Relevant Legislation Threshold Total Threshold
1 Exemption in Industrial Property Rights 5520; 5/B 500.000,00 1.000.000
2 Exemption on Income Derived from the Operation and Transfer of Vessels Registered in the Turkish International Ship Registry 4490 500.000,00
3 Exemption on Income Earned in Free Zones 3218 500.000,00
4 Exemption on Income Earned in Technology Development Zones 4691 500.000,00
5 Income Deduction for Software, Engineering, Education, and Health Services Rendered Abroad 193; 89/13 500.000,00
6 Reduced Personal Income Tax Application 5520; 32/A No lmit
7 R&D and Design Deductions 5746 500.000,00
8 Investment Allowance Exemption  193 500.000,00
9 “Other Deductions” under the section titled “Deductions from Income to be Declared” and “Other Exemptions” under the section titled “Notification Regarding Exempted Income” of the Annual Personal Income Tax Return 193 and the other laws 1.000.000,00

For corporate tax taxpayers:

  Exemption/Deduction/ Practice Relevant Legislation Threshold Total Threshold
1 Exemption on Foreign Subsidiary Earnings 5520; 5/1-b 500.000,00 1.000.000
2 Exemption on Capital Gains from the Sale of Foreign Subsidiary Shares 5520; 5/1-c 500.000,00
3 Exemption on Share Premium Gains 5520; 5/1-ç 500.000,00
4 Income Exemption for Real Estate Investment Funds or Trusts (Excluding the income of those established for purposes other than operating a portfolio consisting of real estate, real estate projects, and real estate-based rights by virtue of their main field of activity) 5520; 5/1-d4 500.000,00
5 Exemption on Capital Gains from the Sale of Immovable Properties, Participation Shares, Founder's Shares, Usufruct Shares, Pre-emptive Rights, and Venture Capital Investment Fund Participation Shares 5520; 5/1-e and provisional 16 500.000,00
6 Exemption on Income from Construction, Repair, Assembly, and Technical Services Rendered Abroad 5520; 5/1-h 500.000,00
7 Exemption on Industrial Property Rights 5520; 5/B 500.000,00
8 Exemption on Income Derived from the Operation and Transfer of Vessels Registered in the Turkish International Ship Registry 4490 500.000,00
9 Exemption on Income Derived in Free Zones 3218 500.000,00
10 Exemption on Income Derived in Technology Development Zones 4691 500.000,00
11 Exemption on Income Derived by Research Infrastructures from R&D and Innovation Activities 6550 500.000,00
12 R&D Deduction 5520; repealed 10/1-a 500.000,00
13 Income Deduction for Software, Engineering, Education, and Health Services Rendered Abroad 5520; 10/1-ğ 500.000,00
14 Interest Deduction on Cash Capital Increase 5520; 10/1-ı 500.000,00
15 Reduced Application of the Corporate Income Tax Rate 5520; 32/6-7-8 200.000,00
16 Reduced Corporate Income Tax Application 5520; 32/A No Threshold
17 Local and Global Minimum Top-up Corporate Income Tax Application 5520; additional 1-13  and provisional 17 No Threshold
18 R&D and Design Deductions 5746 500.000,00
19 Techno-enterprise Capital Support Deduction 5746 500.000,00
20 Technopark Capital Support Deduction 4691 500.000,00
21 Investment Allowance Exemption  193 500.000,00
22 The “ Other Deductions and Exemptions” line under the “Exemptions and Deductions Deductible Even in Case of Loss” section and the “Other Exemptions” line under the “Exemptions and Deductions Deductible Only in the Presence of Income” section included in the Annual Corporate Income Tax Return 5520 and other laws 1.000.000,00