Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Inheritance and Transfer Tax Law

Article 20

Liability for the Inheritance and Transfer Tax shall commence:

a) Where a tax return is filed, on the date of the return for the property shown in the return;

b) For property not shown in the filed return and, where no return is filed, for the transferred property, on the date on which it is determined by the administration;

c) In cases of inventory of the estate, keeping of a register or official liquidation, on the date on which these procedures are completed by the court;

(Liability shall commence on the dates set out above.)

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Original Turkish text

MADDE 20

Veraset ve İntikal Vergisi mükellefiyeti:

a) Beyanname verildiği takdirde, beyannamede gösterilen mallar için beyanname tarihinde;

b) Verilen beyannamede gösterilmiyen mallar ile beyanname verilmiyen hallerde intikal eden malların idarece tesbit olunduğu tarihte;

c) Terekenin tahriri, defter tutma veya resmi tasfiye hallerinde mahkemece bu muamelelerin ikmal edildiği tarihte;

Başlar.

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Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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