During the summer season, teams will conduct field inspections in Antalya, Muğla, and Izmir, focusing on entertainment venues, yacht tourism, beach clubs, hotels, and guesthouses. These inspections will include revenue assessments and increased attention to short-term home rentals. Minister Mehmet Şimşek has previously emphasized the importance of combating the informal economy and announced that inspections would be intensified.
Enhanced inspections in tourism hotspots
The Ministry of Treasury and Finance will intensify inspections in heavily frequented businesses in tourist regions, primarily in Antalya, Muğla, and Izmir, during the summer period. The Revenue Administration teams have scheduled inspections in line with the onset of the tourism season.
"The fight against the informal economy will continue strongly"
Minister Mehmet Şimşek highlighted the significant importance of combating the informal economy, stating, "Necessary actions will be taken based on the results obtained. Our fight against the informal economy will continue firmly and uncompromisingly."
Hundreds of additional inspection personnel deployed
Inspection teams will conduct audits in tourist resorts, particularly in Antalya, Muğla, and Izmir. Hundreds of additional inspection personnel have been deployed to these areas. The field inspections will target nighttime entertainment venues, yacht tourism, beach clubs, hotels, and guesthouses. These inspections will also include restaurants and businesses on busy streets and thoroughfares, with particular attention to revenue assessments at nightclubs, restaurants, and beach clubs.
The Revenue Administration teams will also focus on short-term home rentals during these inspections. An analysis of summer rentals for 2023 is underway, with taxpayers suspected of earning income from these rentals being invited to explain their earnings and voluntarily comply with tax declarations. Additionally, those who have obtained permits for short-term home rentals from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as well as properties that are vacant but have rental potential, will be included in the inspections.
