Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Value Added Tax Law

Article 20

Part One: Tax Liability › Chapter Six: Exemptions for Social and Military Purposes and Other Exemptions

1. The tax base in delivery and service transactions is the consideration constituting the counterpart of these transactions.

2. The term consideration means the total of money, goods and benefits, services and values provided in other forms and capable of being represented in money, received in whatever manner, or owed, in return for these transactions from the person taking delivery of the goods or receiving the service, or from those acting on their behalf.

3. Repealed: 22/7/1998, Law No. 4369, Art. 82

4. For works whose price is determined according to a specific tariff and in cases where the consideration is collected by ticket, the tariff and ticket price shall be determined inclusive of Value Added Tax, and the tax shall not be passed on separately to the customer.

Tax base in importation:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 20

1. Teslim ve hizmet işlemlerinde matrah, bu işlemlerin karşılığını teşkil eden bedeldir.

2. Bedel deyimi, malı teslim alan veya kendisine hizmet yapılan veyahut bunlar adına hareket edenlerden bu işlemler karşılığında her ne suretle olursa olsun alınan veya bunlarca borçlanılan para, mal ve diğer suretlerde sağlanan ve para ile temsil edilebilen menfaat, hizmet ve değerler toplamını ifade eder.

3. (Mülga : 22/7/1998 - 4369/82 md.)

4. Belli bir tarifeye göre fiyatı tespit edilen işler ile bedelin biletle tahsil edildiği hallerde tarife ve bilet bedeli Katma Değer Vergisi dahil edilerek tespit olunur ve vergi müşteriye ayrıca intikal ettirilmez.

İthalatta matrah:

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

Unofficial translation for information only. The Turkish text published in the Official Gazette is the only authoritative version. This page is not legal advice.