Council Tax doubles and the Mugla Mayor gets a new 770,000TL Mercedes car

[madmart]

Just another thought on this.

Was there not another spike in the cost of council tax 6 or 7 years ago to pay for the previous sorting out of the roads and pavements?

In the years following the cost went down again.

[GordonA]

Just another thought on this.

Was there not another spike in the cost of council tax 6 or 7 years ago to pay for the previous sorting out of the roads and pavements?

In the years following the cost went down again.

I may be mistaken, but I believe that what you refer to was " Yolu vergi " , or " Road tax " , a one of payment which was to pay for , as you say, improvements to local roads. Our Turkish neighbours received a bill for this, but for some reason, we never ,ever did !!

[madmart]

That could be it, we bought our place just after it had been levied so we got away with it.

[Ian]

For information I paid my water bill yesterday and was surprised to find I could pay by debit or credit card which I did then today I thought I would go and pay my council tax and they too had a sign up saying Nakit veya Kredi Kart

The multiples are for water:
Units used x 3.5

And Council Tax:
Last years amount x 2 + 10% of last years bill
(This will be within a couple of lira)

When she gave me my council tax amount I smiled and said in my best Turkish "that's good" - she nearly fell off her chair but eventually smiled and was very nice - after all its not her fault its gone up   

[Steve A]

Just another thought on this.

Was there not another spike in the cost of council tax 6 or 7 years ago to pay for the previous sorting out of the roads and pavements?
Yes it was road tax we ended up paying about £450 each for that and years later got a proper road.Not everyone paid this tax and it appears those that didn't were not sanctioned in any way,I suppose we should have taken our Turkish neighbours advice.We will next time !
In the years following the cost went down again.

I may be mistaken, but I believe that what you refer to was " Yolu vergi " , or " Road tax " , a one of payment which was to pay for , as you say, improvements to local roads. Our Turkish neighbours received a bill for this, but for some reason, we never ,ever did !!

[chris35]

For information I paid my water bill yesterday and was surprised to find I could pay by debit or credit card which I did then today I thought I would go and pay my council tax and they too had a sign up saying Nakit veya Kredi Kart

The multiples are for water:
Units used x 3.5

And Council Tax:
Last years amount x 2 + 10% of last years bill
(This will be within a couple of lira)



When she gave me my council tax amount I smiled and said in my best Turkish "that's good" - she nearly fell off her chair but eventually smiled and was very nice - after all its not her fault its gone up   

Ian are you saying council tax has gone up by twice last years amount plus 10 per cent? or it has only gone up by 10 per cent from last years amount?

[Ian]

Double + 10%

Mine was 180 - now 380

So 180 x 2 + 18 = 378

Good enough quick calc to know roughly what to expect so you are not shocked and haven't enough cash at the counter.

Ps I have tested the formula with two friends and it is within 1 or 2 lira each time.

[KKOB]

Is this all going to have a knock-on affect on the price of Efes ?

[Ian]

As a non drinker I am more concerned about the Cappuccino Index :-)

[chris35]

Do we pay it at the new office  past Kipa opp Tansas, same place we pay water? What do we need to take with us? Tapu and utilities Bill ?