Gold shop software · TRY · Ready-made packGold shop software for Turkey
In Turkey the tax does not fall on the gold itself, only on what is above its raw value: the making charge and the shop’s margin. And that base moves with the gold rate even when the selling price does not.
Tax in Turkey: 20% above the bullion value
The Turkey pack in ZahabFlow subtracts the value of the pure gold, at the rate of the moment, from the selling price, and charges 20% KDV on the rest only.
If a piece sells below the value of its gold — a clearance, a damaged piece — there is no negative tax. The base stops at zero.
The exempt gold value is worked out from the rate snapshotted on the invoice at the moment of sale, so the invoice can always be recomputed and audited exactly as issued.
A worked example
A 10 g bangle at 22K (916 milyem), at an illustrative TRY 4,000 per gram of pure gold, with a making charge of TRY 150 per gram:
| Line | Calculation | Result (TRY) |
|---|---|---|
| Pure gold | 10 × 916 ÷ 1000 | 9.160 g |
| Gold value (exempt) | 9.160 × 4,000 | 36,640.00 |
| Making charge | 10 × 150 | 1,500.00 |
| Taxable amount | 38,140 − 36,640 | 1,500.00 |
| KDV 20% | 1,500 × 20% | 300.00 |
| Total | 38,140 + 300 | 38,440.00 |
Prices in the example are illustrative, not today’s rates.
At a glance
- Currency
- Turkish lira, 2 decimals
- Weight
- Grams, stored to the nanogram
- Karat
- In milyem as the Turkish market writes it: 916, 750, 585 — the same number ZahabFlow stores
- Tax
- 20% KDV above the raw gold value
- E-invoice
- Maps each invoice to the e-Fatura fields; it is not sent yet — submission needs an approved provider that is not connected
What to know before you start
- Which gold reference price the tax office accepts for the exempt part is still an open question. The software uses the rate snapshotted on the invoice, which is at least traceable and auditable.
What every shop gets
A till priced from the rate of the moment
Price is never stored on a piece. It is rebuilt at every sale from the gram rate, fineness, making charge and tax, then fixed on the invoice.
Stock in grams per karat
Weight is stored in nanograms and fineness as parts per thousand, so pure grams add up and reconcile with no rounding.
Trade-in and buying scrap
The customer pays part of the price in old gold on the sell screen itself, and every gram that comes in is recorded with its cost and source.
Workshop
The customer’s gold on the bench is weighed going out and coming back, and the loss is recorded per craftsman.
Selling without internet
The arithmetic runs on the device itself; the sale waits in a queue, is sent when the connection returns, and the server re-prices it.
Day close
Expected grams per fineness and expected cash, against what you counted, with the difference recorded and a note.
Arabic and English
Arabic first, right to left, with full English — one tap to switch.
Questions we are asked
Is the gold itself taxed in Turkey?
Not in the Turkey pack. The value of the pure gold at the rate of the moment is subtracted first, and 20% is charged on the rest only.
Why does the tax change when the selling price does not?
Because the exempt part is worked out from the gold rate at the moment of sale. When the rate rises the exempt part grows and the taxable part shrinks, and the other way round.
Does it use milyem?
ZahabFlow stores fineness as parts per thousand — 916, 750, 585 — which is exactly the milyem used in Turkey.