TRT banderole fee, It continues to be taken from smartphones and there has been an increase in the process.
Now the TRT banderol fee collected from the phones will increase even more because a proportional change has been made in the process. at Sözcü According to the news, the rate of 10 percent in mobile phones has increased to 12 percent, the rate from 8 percent in smart wristwatches has increased to 14 percent, and the rate from 2 percent in computers and tablets has been increased to 4 percent. According to the same news, in other devices (lights with radio and/or TV, headphones with radio, camera with radio, pedometer with radio, pens with radio, bathroom systems with radio and/or TV, navigation devices, running with radio and/or TV add-on) bands, refrigerators with radio and/or TV attachments, DVD-VCD players and the like, pocket MP3/MP4 players and the like, home theater systems, multimedia devices with navigation for use in vehicles) from 8 percent to 14 percent. The latest increases in the share of TRT banderole, which are focused on the loss of income due to the removal of electricity bills, will soon be reflected in the product prices.
According to a news report dated November 13, 2021 A serious income is obtained from the share of TRT in Turkey. The explanation on this is as follows: “In the 11-year period between 2010 and 2020, a total of 8 billion 923 million 767 thousand liras were collected from the citizens with the 2.26 percent deduction made from electricity bills. In the same period, banderole revenues from many devices, from television to radio, from mobile phones to smart watches, were 11 billion 888 million 905 thousand liras. Thus, the 11-year bill totaled 20 billion 812 million 673 thousand liras.
According to the tables shared over the dollar rate in the answer given by TRT, between 2010 and 2020, 3 billion 179 million 290 thousand dollars were collected from the electricity bills of the citizens, and 3 billion 506 million 39 thousand liras were collected under the name of banderole income from the devices they purchased. The total amount collected in the said 11-year period was 6 billion 685 million 329 thousand dollars.
Other taxes are also levied on phones. For example, in the customs process, smart phones can be used in Turkey. TRT + Cultural Fund, SCT, VAT and some other legal taxes/fees being received. That’s why iPhones as well as other smart phones and electronic products are sold very expensive in Turkey due to high dollar exchange rates and taxes.