Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek announced that a study has been launched against people who earn money through social media but do not pay taxes. The phenomena are being closely monitored.
The widespread use of social media means that people are leaving this sector earn big money provided. However, when it comes to taxation, unfortunately, what should be done is not done. While salaried employees pay taxes before they receive their salaries; Many people who make money from social media largely does not pay taxes. Because there is no automatic regulation in the law regarding this. Social media influencers become taxpayers only if they declare their income.
However, Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek said that this situation is about to change explained. Speaking to the Anadolu Agency reporter, Minister Şimşek said; We said that a study was conducted on people who make money through platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitch. Mehmet Şimşek, people who earn money on social media but are not taxpayers detection has been done told.
“Tax loss and evasion will be prevented”
Stating that they will do everything to prevent tax losses and evasion, Mehmet Şimşek said the following on the subject:
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Some influencers were unhappy with the current practice
Mehmet Şimşek’s statement today has been a long time coming for many content creators. moot point. Many social media influencers become taxpayers with the companies they establish, but since “content production” is not considered a legal business line, social media influencers have to open companies in different sectors. In fact, Ahmet Result, known as Jahrein, made statements about this in the past and talked about the difficulties he faced. he complained.
You can watch Jahrein’s statement below:
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