Now All Pharmacies Will Pay Signage Tax

Obligatory in every pharmacy, where it informs the citizen whether it is open, closed or on duty, and most importantly, it shows that that place is a pharmacy. ‘E’ sign It was announced that an interesting decision was made about him today. The ‘E’ sign, which has been the subject of debate among the courts for a long time, about whether there is an ad conclusion has been reached.

After the disagreement between the courts, the Council of State, in the debate that took place at the Council of State, decided that the ‘E’ logos, which were obligatory hung by pharmacies, together with the ‘Pharmacy’ signs. for advertising purposes ruled. With this decision, the way was opened for the collection of advertisement and advertisement tax from pharmacies. Pharmacies are now will pay signage tax every year.

Signage tax will be charged from all pharmacies:

The case before the Council of State started with the lawsuit filed by the Turkish Pharmacists’ Association (TEB) due to the fact that pharmacies, like tradesmen, paid signage taxes. TEB, on the grounds that pharmacies are health institutions that carry out activities for the protection of public health. cancellation of taxes had requested.

The cases that started in the local courts were moved to the higher courts. But the higher courts made different decisions. While Samsun Regional Administrative Court decided to collect taxes, Ankara and Istanbul Regional Administrative Courts took the opposite decision. An application was made to the Council of State Tax Litigation Chambers to finalize the separate decisions.

With the decision taken by a majority of votes on January 19, 2022, pharmacies that have not paid signage tax since 2018 with a court decision will pay both logo and signage tax separately. 30-150 TL tax per square meter for signs, for a 4-meter ‘pharmacy’ sign maximum 450 TL tax will be charged.