How Many Phones Were Brought from Abroad and IMEI Registered?

Smartphones brought from abroad For use in Turkey It must be registered within a certain period of time. While this registration process is popularly called IMEI registration, a fee must also be paid for this process.

This registration fee On July 7, 2023 With the decision taken, suddenly from 6 thousand 91 TL for 20 thousand TL was raised. Regarding this regulation, CHP Bolu Deputy Türker Ateş submitted a parliamentary question to the Presidency of the Parliament, requesting that Minister Şimşek answer it. Minister Şimşek answered the proposal.

A total of 6.2 billion TL revenue was generated

In his parliamentary question, Ateş said:Your decision on July 8 It is stated that it will come into force. This fee was applied as 2 thousand 732 TL until the end of 2022. Thus, the IMEI fee increased 7.3 times in 7 months. Citizens who heard about the decision and brought a phone call from abroad, but had not yet gone abroad, deposited 6 thousand 91 TL to the tax and duty offices on the same day. The system did not accept payments previously deposited to tax and duty offices. What victims of telephone charges paid afterwards 6 thousand 91 TL In order to get it back, he applied to the Revenue Administration with a refund request.

How many citizens’ phone fees have been refunded for this reason? How long did the return period take? How many people paid phone registration fees in 2023? “How much income is generated from these fees?” asked.

IMEI registration of 815 thousand phones was registered

Lightningin his response to Ateş’s proposal “It was determined that 815 thousand 289 telephone registration fee payments were made between January 1, 2023 and November 21, 2023, and the total collection amount It is 6 billion 237 million 244 thousand 307.50 TL. On the other hand, the tax office directorates have initiated the correction process for 39 thousand 70 payments made on July 7, 2023.” he said.