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E-invoicing in Türkiye

Live Confidence: medium Checked 21 Jul 2026
ModelClearance (CTC) for e-Fatura via GİB or an accredited özel entegratör; reporting model for e-Arşiv Fatura (B2C and non-registered recipients). e-İrsaliye for delivery notes, e-Defter for ledgers.
Required formatUBL-TR 1.2 (Turkish localisation of UBL 2.1) with mandatory financial seal / qualified e-signature (Mali Mühür) and a QR code on the visual copy since 1 Sep 2023.
TimelineLive since 2014 · e-Arşiv amount threshold abolished 1 Jan 2026

Who is in scope

Turkish-resident taxpayers obliged to issue invoices under VUK Art. 232. e-Fatura: gross sales revenue at or above TRY 3,000,000, with a lower TRY 500,000 sector threshold for e-commerce sellers, marketplace and intermediary service providers, internet advertising, and real-estate and motor-vehicle trading; accommodation providers with a tourism operating certificate have no threshold at all. e-Arşiv: automatic for every e-Fatura registrant, and from 1 Jan 2026 for everyone else regardless of amount. e-İrsaliye: e-Fatura registrants at or above TRY 10,000,000 plus mandatory sectors regardless of turnover. Non-residents have no direct obligation; export invoices have required e-Fatura via the customs route since 1 Jul 2017.

Key dates

  • 1 Apr 2014 e-Fatura and e-Defter first mandatory for large taxpayers and ÖTV/EPDK licence holders.
  • 1 Jan 2020 VUK General Communiqué No. 509 consolidates the e-document regime.
  • 2022 onwards e-Fatura general threshold set at TRY 3,000,000 gross sales revenue, with compliance from 1 July of the following year.
  • 1 Sep 2023 QR code mandatory on e-Fatura and e-Arşiv visual copies.
  • 1 Jan 2025 Communiqué No. 573 replaces the old e-Arşiv amount thresholds with a single TRY 3,000 tax-inclusive trigger for calendar 2025.
  • 1 Jan 2026 The e-Arşiv amount threshold is abolished entirely — taxpayers not registered for e-Arşiv must issue e-Arşiv Fatura regardless of amount. Effectively universal electronic invoicing.
  • 1 Jan 2026 – 31 Dec 2026 Communiqué No. 589 (Resmî Gazete 31 Dec 2025, No. 33124 5th repeated) grants basit usul and işletme hesabı esası taxpayers a one-year extension, keeping their TRY 3,000 paper allowance through 2026.
  • 1 Jul 2026 Taxpayers with 2025 gross sales at or above TRY 3,000,000 must be on e-Fatura and e-Arşiv; e-İrsaliye applies at TRY 10,000,000.
  • 1 Jan 2027 The simplified / operating-account carve-out ends — e-Arşiv regardless of amount for everyone.
What practitioners get burned by

The English-language vendor guides are stale on the most important 2026 change, so anyone scoping a Türkiye rollout off them will under-scope badly — from 1 Jan 2026 a balance-sheet-basis Turkish taxpayer has no paper invoice option at any value. Second trap: the annually re-indexed general invoice-issuance floor (fatura düzenleme haddi, TRY 12,000 for 2026) is a different number entirely and is routinely confused with the e-Arşiv threshold. Third: e-Fatura only works between registered users — if the buyer is not on the GİB register you must issue e-Arşiv instead, and getting that routing decision wrong is the classic integration bug. Note also that Türkiye is not GCC or Arab League, so if the page is branded strictly "Middle East" it should be framed as "Middle East & Türkiye" or placed in a separate band.

Sources

4 of 6 are primary sources. Mandate dates move — treat this page as a starting point and confirm against the primary source before committing a plan.

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