Nowadays, it has become almost impossible for a young person to reach technological products, especially with the increase in the exchange rate. Well, what would the prices of these products be like if there was no SCT or VAT, which is placed on the arrival in Turkey and various tax items? We made this calculation by choosing a few sample products in the basic categories.
Today, when we try to buy any technological product, we can come across with very exorbitant prices. Although this negative situation, which especially affects young people, is mainly caused by the value of the foreign currency against the Turkish Lira, especially in some products. affecting prices by almost half. taxes it also causes.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a statement the other day that has the potential to rejoice, especially among the youth. a regulation that will facilitate access to technological products announced that it will. Although there is no explanation about what the regulation will be, the eyes turned to taxes on technological products.
There is a regulation that will make technological products cheaper and make payments easier!
Today in VAT While simplification and reducing the rate of 18% are on the agenda, on the other hand, some technological devices, especially phones, are on the agenda. from high excise duty If we think that it is affected, we can say that there is a possibility of discounting on one of these two items. Well, what if these taxes didn’t exist at all?
For this little calculation in a young person’s life some of today’s technologies sample of products based on prices. Then, we calculated how many TL the VAT and, if any, SCT amounts from these products correspond to. Then, by subtracting these items from the sales price of the product, they are independently Prices without SCT or VAT we listed.
- Note: While choosing products, we preferred to choose more general and popular products instead of making player/productivity-oriented choices.
Laptop: Huawei Matebook D16
- Current price: 9,999 TL
- SCT rate: None
- If there was no SCT, the price would be: –
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 8.200 TL
Smartphone: iPhone 13
- Current price: 14,799 TL
- SCT rate: 50%
- Price without SCT: 7,399.5 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 12,663 TL
Tablet: iPad mini
- Current price: 7,899 TL
- SCT rate: None
- If there was no SCT, the price would be: –
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 6.478 TL
Game console: PlayStation 5
- Current price: Average 14 thousand TL
- SCT rate: 20%
- If there was no SCT, the price: 11.200 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 11.480 TL
Smart Watch: Apple Watch SE
- Current price: Average 4,199 TL
- SCT rate: None
- Price without SCT: – TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 3.444 TL
Headphones: JBL Tune 500 BT
- Current price: Average 400 TL
- SCT rate: 20%
- If there was no SCT, the price: 320 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 328 TL
Camera: Logitech C920
- Current price: Average 1.300 TL
- SCT rate: 20%
- Price without SCT: 1.040 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 1.066 TL
Microphone: HyperX Solocast
- Current price: Average 1.000 TL
- SCT rate: 20%
- If there was no SCT, the price: 800 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 820 TL
Speaker: Logitech Z213
- Current price: Average 430 TL
- SCT rate: 20%
- Price without SCT: 344 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 353 TL
Bonus: Cheapest new car on the market (for now) – Fiat Egea Sedan
- Current price: Average 255.500 TL
- SCT rate: 50%
- If there was no SCT, the price: 127.750 TL
- VAT rate: 18%
- Price without VAT: 209.010 TL