LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL PASSES PARLIAMENT: PROFIT DISTRIBUTIONS BY COMPANIES ARE NOW RESTRICTED:

The Omnibus Law provides for a temporary article to be inserted into the Turkish Commercial Code no. 6102, setting out restrictions on companies’ distribution of their net profits in 2019. Accordingly, cash profit distribution of companies cannot exceed 25% of their net profits belonging to 2019.

LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL SETS OUT RESTRICTIONS ON PROFIT DISTRIBUTIONS BY COMPANIES :

Legislative Proposal concerning the Law on Diminishing the Negative Impact of the Novel Coronavirus in Financial and Social Life and Amendment to Certain Laws is submitted to the Grand National Assembly as of 14 April 2020. Article 11 of the Legislative Proposal provides for a temporary article to be inserted into the Turkish Commercial Code, setting out restrictions on companies’ distribution of their net profits in 2019.