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Real Estate Tax Law (Law No. 1319)

Article 45

CHAPTER ONE: Tax Liability

Added: 5/12/2019, Law No. 7194, Art. 33

The valuable residence tax shall be paid by the owner of immovable property of a residential nature, or, if any, by the holder of the usufruct right, or, where neither exists, by those who dispose of the immovable property of a residential nature as if they were its owner.

Those who own an immovable property of a residential nature in shared ownership shall be taxpayers in proportion to their shares. In joint ownership, the owners shall be jointly and severally liable for the tax.

Liability for the valuable residence tax, in respect of:

a) the date on which the building tax value of the immovable property of a residential nature exceeds the amount specified in Article 42,

b) where the reasons that modify the tax value set out in paragraphs (1) to (7) of Article 33 arise, the date on which those changes occur,

c) the date on which the exemption lapses.

shall commence as of the year following the relevant date.

In respect of immovable properties of a residential nature that burn down, are demolished, become entirely unusable, or, while subject to the tax, come to satisfy the conditions for exemption, liability shall end as of the instalment following the date on which these events occur.

Exemptions:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 45

(Ek: 5/12/2019-7194/33 md.)

Değerli konut vergisini mesken nitelikli taşınmazların maliki, varsa intifa hakkı sahibi, her ikisi de yoksa mesken nitelikli taşınmaza malik gibi tasarruf edenler öder.

Bir mesken nitelikli taşınmaza paylı mülkiyet hâlinde malik olanlar, hisseleri oranında mükelleftirler. Elbirliği mülkiyette malikler vergiden müteselsilen sorumlu olurlar.

Değerli konut vergisi mükellefiyeti;

a) Mesken nitelikli taşınmazın bina vergi değerinin 42 nci maddede belirtilen tutarı aştığı tarihi,

b) 33 üncü maddenin (1) ila (7) numaralı fıkralarında yazılı vergi değerini tadil eden sebeplerin doğması hâlinde bu değişikliklerin vuku bulduğu tarihi,

c) Muafiyetin sukut ettiği tarihi,

takip eden yıldan itibaren başlar.

Yanan, yıkılan, tamamen kullanılmaz hâle gelen veya vergiye tabi iken muaflık şartlarını kazanan mesken nitelikli taşınmazlardan dolayı mükellefiyet, bu olayların vuku bulduğu tarihi takip eden taksitten itibaren sona erer.

Muaflıklar:

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

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