Tax record holders announced: The name at the top is no surprise

The 2024 income tax record holders have been announced. Baykar Chairman of the Board Selçuk Bayraktar took the first spot on the list with his export revenues.

In second place is Baykar General Manager Lütfü Haluk Bayraktar, while the identity of the taxpayer in third place was not disclosed.

In the fourth position on the list is one of the prominent names of the business world, Mustafa Rahmi Koç.

MORE THAN 5 MILLION PEOPLE FILED TAX RETURNS

According to data from the Revenue Administration (GİB), 5 million 132 thousand 895 people across Turkey filed income tax returns. A total tax base of 1 trillion 407 billion 889 million 486 thousand 11 TL was declared in these returns. Based on the declared tax base, 418 billion 465 million 820 thousand 799 TL in income tax was accrued.

When looking at the record holders list by city, it was observed that the highest number of taxpayers in the top 100 came from Istanbul.

Istanbul: 75 people

Ankara: 10 people

Izmir: 6 people

Gaziantep: 5 people

Eskişehir: 2 people

Bursa and Karabük: 1 person each

AVERAGE TAX AMOUNT IS 81 THOUSAND TL

In the 2024 taxation period, the average tax base declared by a taxpayer was 274 thousand 288 TL. The average income tax amount calculated on this figure was announced as 81 thousand 526 TL.

Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir ranked in the top three in Turkey in terms of both the number of tax returns and the total tax base and accrued tax amount.