How to get a tax number and pay IKAMET fees
Many believe that since they are not taxpayers in Turkey, it seems that it is not needed. A tax number in Turkey (vergi kimlik numarası) is needed to pay taxes, fees, duties and other things. You can’t do without it when obtaining a residence permit, when buying real estate, opening bank accounts, registering a business, and in general any other life situations related to payment and contacts with the state:
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open a bank account,
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buy an apartment or other real estate,
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pay fees when applying for a residence permit,
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obtain or change a driver's license,
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enroll in a Turkish university
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register a company
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issue meters for water and electricity,
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find a job in a Turkish company and much more.
Where to get it
You can obtain a tax number by visiting your local tax office. To do this, you must have a photocopy of the passport with which you entered the country. On the photocopy, you must write the name of your father and your mother in capital Latin letters. Give this piece of paper to the operator and in a minute, voila, you are the owner of the tax number. In return, the operator will give you a sheet in which all your data will be written. I recommend taking a photo of this document and saving it on your phone and / or in the cloud, because it will come in handy more than once, but in fact only the 10-digit number itself is needed.
If you are planning to live in the country or get a residence permit for the whole family, then I recommend doing this procedure for all members of your family as soon as you receive a tax number for yourself. The presence of all family members is not necessary, you can do it yourself for everyone.
You can also get a tax number online.
To do this, visit the website of the tax service and do the following:
1. Select the option "Potential Tax Identification Number for Foreigners". Just click once on the label highlighted here.
2. Fill out the questionnaire completely. To better see the inscriptions on the photo, click on the photo.
Upon completion of the procedure, the system will generate a new tax number for the applicant.
To confirm, you will need to enter the code from the picture, and then upload a passport photo. It can be done on the phone. The main thing is that the file size does not exceed 1 MB. And that's all, you can download the pdf-file with the Turkish tax code.
The entire procedure takes no more than 5 minutes.
Recommendations for filling out the questionnaire
names and surnames should be entered in capital letters;
you need to apply for a tax number during working hours - from 9:00 to 17:00;
it will be possible to issue a tax number only on the basis of the international passport with which they entered Turkey;
it is better to indicate a Turkish phone number in the questionnaire;
a Turkish tax number can only be issued in the country, it will not be possible to do this from abroad even with the help of a VPN;
data cannot be copied and pasted into form fields.
Where can I find my tax number?
If the TIN has been forgotten or lost, it is very easy to find it out. It is enough to complete the request for a tax number on the website of the Turkish tax office.
The system shows tax identification numbers of real persons only to those persons to whom they are assigned. To do this, you need to go to the "Checks" tab in the upper right corner of the main page of the website, click on the "Request Taxpayer Identification Number" option and fill in the appropriate fields:
passport ID,
date of birth,
country of citizenship.
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