Bad news for 80 thousand owners: They were identified one by one, taxes will be collected

Important data on daily and short-term rentals emerged from the impact analysis of the bill on Rental of Housing for Tourist Purposes.

THEY DID NOT PAY TAXES

As of September 2023, approximately 80,000 residences throughout the country were rented unregistered to 425,902 local and foreign tourists for daily or short periods. The owners earned 51,638 million liras from these rentals and did not pay taxes.

THE TAX WILL BE CHARGED FROM THE INCOME

With the bill proposed by AKP MP Oğuzhan Kaya and his friends, these residences will be registered and taxes will be collected from the income. The proposal began to be discussed in the Planning and Budget Commission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

AKP member Kaya stated that there are 30,908 houses registered with the Police and Gendarmerie and short-term rentals for tourist purposes, and that 425,902 people are staying in these houses as of September 2023. As a result of cross-checks and inspections, the number of residences used for short-term tourist accommodation reaches 80,000, including unregistered ones.

MUĞLA IS IN FIRST PLACE

In short-term rentals, owners rented their homes for an average of 3,586 lira per day. The highest rental in average daily wage was Muğla with 6,800 liras.

Muğla was followed by Rize with 4,100 liras a day. Trabzon, Yalova, Bolu and Düzce were at the forefront. Of the approximately 31,000 houses registered in the Police and Gendarmerie records for short-term rental for tourist purposes, 7,543 are located in Muğla, which has tourist districts such as Bodrum and Marmaris.

Approximately 78 thousand local and foreign tourists stayed in these residences for short periods of time. In Antalya, 5,922 owners rented their homes for short periods. 65,392 people stayed in these residences.

Daily facilities (Short-term accommodation, house, apartment, residence) –
City Number of Residences / Number of People Stayed

Mugla: 7,543 77,920

Antalya: 5,922 65,392

Denizli: 2,418 43,333

Istanbul: 1,365 35,084

Balikesir: 3,197 19,787

Edirne: 822 17,107

Aydin: 1,082 · 16,676

Mersin: 1,625 13,881

Eskişehir: 315 13,576

Izmir: 1,127 11,535

Bag: 323 6,528

Ankara: 288 5,600

Note: Residences registered with the Police and Gendarmerie…