President Erdogan announces tax and penalty amnesty: 10 thousand driver’s licenses will be returned

President Tayyip Erdogan has announced the new ‘good news’ before the general elections. Among them are forgiveness for suspended driver’s licenses and tax debt restructuring.

So what are the details in this package?

Some of the questions about the topic and their answers are as follows:

=> Will debt structuring be applicable to all debts regardless of accrued date?

Finalized debts due before December 31, 2022 will benefit from the restructuring.

=> Which debts are included?

Within the scope of the debt restructuring package, taxes, insurance premium debts, judicial and administrative fines, property tax debts to municipalities, electricity, water and tuition loan debts will be included in the coverage. In addition, motor vehicle tax, population penalties, bridge and highway illegal crossing penalties, customs penalties, military service penalties are also expected to be included in the scope of the package.

=> Will the debts be erased?

Collection of penalties of citizens who have a debt not exceeding 2 thousand liras to the tax authorities before December 31, 2022 will be deleted. But there will be no discount on the principal debt in structuring the debts above this.

=> What is the situation with fines and driver’s licenses?

The penalty points of the drivers arising from violations other than drinking, drugs, fatal and injured accidents, drifting and candidate driving situations will be deleted. About 2.5 million drivers’ penalty points will be deleted and about 10 thousand driver’s licenses will be returned for this reason.