The amount collected as part of the so-called "earthquake tax" for 23 years amounted to almost 90 billion Turkish lira (TL).
In the period from 2000 to 2022, a total of 87 billion 998.6 million TL was received in the form of a special tax, which later received the unofficial name "earthquake tax". Despite the fact that in fact it is a tax on communication, including emergency: it is charged for information transmission services provided by all types of mobile operators since 2000. It, like some other tax payments, was introduced by the government after the devastating earthquake in the Marmara Sea in 1999, making it permanent (annual).
Emlakkulisi writes that in 2023, 20.2 billion TL is expected to be collected under this tax; this is 0.5% of total tax revenues.
In the first year – 2000 - the amount of tax deductions to the treasury for the "earthquake tax" was equal to 415.9 million TL; in 2003 it exceeded 1 billion, in 2005 - 3 billion, in 2007 – 4 billion, in 2021 - 6 billion; in the past – In 2022, this tax replenished the treasury by 9.3 billion TL.
Thus, the total fee for the 23-year period reached almost 90 billion.
The share of this "profit" in the budget from the total number of tax revenues varied from year to year: in the first five years of accrual, it amounted to 1-2% of all funds received from tax payments, in 2005-2010 – 2-2.8%. In 2017, it fell below 1% again, and in 2022 it turned out to be 0.4%. In 2023, it is expected to be 0.5% of all tax deductions received by the state.
The authorities urge the population not to attempt to evade taxes or get any benefits illegally: for example, those who want to cash in on a preferential housing program will be fined. But the poor, who have correctly issued all the documents for housing, have the opportunity to save up to 100 000 TL on taxes within the framework of the recently launched company "My New Home".