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Calis Beach Forum => Calis Bar and Restaurant Questions and Discussions => Topic started by: BM06 on January 27, 2010, 20:21:32 PM

Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: BM06 on January 27, 2010, 20:21:32 PM: Did i read a post that stated that wine had been zero rated for tax, or was i dreaming, only i do not see the price of wine coming down in the bars etc?
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: DianaJ on January 27, 2010, 21:14:45 PM: that would be great if it has,have to say am a bit of a wino and have found the prices in Turkey in the past really expensive maybe I used to 3 for a £10 from Asda
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: stuart on January 28, 2010, 04:11:44 AM: i think you will find that its not true..import wines taxation has been reduced, which should be a good thing for wine drinkers
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: Linda on January 28, 2010, 07:47:26 AM: I read that the OTV? tax had been removed which accounted for 63%. However, I was also under the impression that this was for imported wines .... I've not noticed any examples of this in the supermarkets however!
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: Scunner on January 28, 2010, 08:43:15 AM: quote:
Originally posted by stuart

i think you will find that its not true..import wines taxation has been reduced

Cenk posted it and said it was to encourage Turkish wine producers to make better quality wines, so I can't see the above being correct.
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: cenk on January 28, 2010, 11:13:49 AM: http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ekonomi/13355762.asp

It is in Turkish. I couldnt find an English one

Google translated version is here

http://translate.google.com.tr/translate?hl=tr&sl=tr&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hurriyet.com.tr%2Fekonomi%2F13355762.asp
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: Linda on January 28, 2010, 13:45:05 PM: Thanks for information but the google translated version doesn't offer much clarification.

I was referring to Cenks originl post:

{A Link to an old CBF topic was here - no longer available}33143&SearchTerms=otv
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: cenk on January 28, 2010, 14:43:11 PM: "Resmi Gazete'nin bugünkü sayisinda yayimlanan Karar'a göre taze üzüm şarabinda daha önce yüzde 63 olan nisbi ÖTV sifirlandi."

According to the decison which is published in official gazette today (31.12.2009), OTV, that used to be % 63 for grape wines, is removed now.

It says tax is removed for wines, NOT for imported wines. I didn't notice any discount either. Let's wait and see.
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: nichola on January 28, 2010, 16:06:32 PM: Dogan has had a read of the Turkish article and this is what he says it says.

The tax has been cut for quality 'expensive' Turkish wines only. So for example a bottle currently costing 40tl will drop in price to about 30tl.

Hope this helps... :)
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: stuart on January 29, 2010, 03:18:46 AM: there was an article in the fethiye times on the 4th jan. saying that the additional tax on imported wines had been abolished making it good news for wine drinkers.
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: lance on January 29, 2010, 08:46:19 AM: Dianaj i can see you are a bit of a wine connoisseur ,if you look around there are plenty fairly good red wines in turkey and you can pick for a better price 4 for 22 tl about £9 dont know about white wine ,i.e telebag 4.85tl 70 cl dikmen 6.50 tl assuri 5.25 tl and they are just as good as asda wines,but you get what you pay for. ;)
Title: Zero rated tax on wine?
Post by: DianaJ on January 29, 2010, 18:40:39 PM: Yes found the shop close to the dolphin roundabout to be the best value around in Calis, always found after 4 or 5 glasses they all taste pretty good