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Turkey reviews 820 doctors and 45 private hospitals over tax reporting
Turkey’s Tax Inspection Board reviewed 820 doctors and 45 private hospitals as part of a program focused on tax risks in healthcare.
The review covered doctors and related businesses in major cities including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa and Antalya.
Some hospitals had doctors work through personal companies, which billed the hospitals for services instead of the doctors being directly employed and insured.
After talks with tax officials, all 820 doctors stopped billing hospitals through related companies from June 1 and moved to work arrangements matching insured employment.
A three-month analysis found a 32.7 billion lira change in declared tax bases, meaning hospitals and doctors had reported less income than they should have, according to the tax authority.
The change is intended to ensure doctors’ income is fully and directly taxed by the state.
Turkey’s Tax Inspection Board reviewed 820 doctors and 45 private hospitals under a health-sector tax monitoring program.
The review found a total tax-base change of 32.7 billion lira over a three-month impact analysis.
The board said the doctors had stopped invoicing hospitals through related companies from June 1 and their work arrangements were brought into line with insured employment.
The program was launched in April and May 2026 to assess tax risks specific to the health sector.
The doctors operated mainly in major cities including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa and Antalya.
- Who
- Turkey’s Tax Inspection Board reviewed 820 doctors, related businesses and 45 private hospitals.
- What
- The review found a 32.7 billion lira tax-base change. The doctors stopped invoicing hospitals through related companies from June 1.
- When
- The health monitoring program was launched in April and May 2026; the change in invoicing began June 1.
- Where
- Mainly in major cities, including Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa and Antalya.
- Why
- To assess tax risks specific to the health sector and ensure doctors’ income was taxed directly and in full.
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The Tax Inspection Board launched a health-sector monitoring program to assess tax risks.
The 820 doctors stopped invoicing hospitals through related companies, and their work arrangements were brought into line with insured employment.
The review found a total tax-base change of 32.7 billion lira.
- Doctors reviewed
- 820
- Private hospitals reviewed
- 45
- Tax-base change
- 32.7 billion lira
- Program launch
- April-May 2026
- New invoicing arrangements
- Began June 1
- Cities named
- Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa and Antalya