MEHMET ERKAN

Partner, CPA, Independent Auditor

EDUCATION

Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Public Administration, Bachelor’s, 1992

ABD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Economics– Masters on Economy Policies, 2006

WORK EXPERIENCE:

1993 – 1996 Ministry of Finance - Deputy Accounting Expert
1997 – 2003 Ministry of Finance - Accounting Expert
2004 – 2006 Ministry of Finance - Chief Accounting Expert
2007 – 2009 Ministry of Finance- Revenue Administration - Group Manager
Ministry of Finance - General Directorate of Revenue Policies- Head of the Department 2010- ERK Denetim ve YMM Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. – Executive Founder, Certified Public Accountant (Present)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

He gained experiences in public sector for 16 years and private sector for 7 years. He worked in the public sector as Accounting Expert, Chief Accounting Expert, Group Manager and Department Manager in the Ministry of Finance.

He contributed to the preparation of numerous Laws, Decrees and General Communiques on SCT and Other Indirect Taxes in the course of his management position in the Ministry of Finance. He has been appointed as Ministry representative for Indirect Taxes in OECD meetings in 2007-2009 while he was working for the Ministry of Finance.

He has been continuing his career as Certified Public Accountant since 2009. He is also authorized as Independent Auditor.

He provides audit and consultancy services on tax law, tax planning, financial legislation and the relevant practices to many local and foreign companies for sixteen years.

PUBLICATIONS

He attended tax conferences organized by NPOs- Professional Chambers and the relevant programs in the national media (Bloomberg HT, Cine5, etc.) as a speaker and guest. He has numerous published articles, surveys and studies on tax theory and the relevant practices and some of his works such as books on tax matters, etc. are provided below:

- SPECIAL CONSUMPTION TAX PRACTICES with Comments and Explanations, Financial and Accounting Experts Society Publication, December 2008, 1st Edition
- HUK Competency Survey on "Disposition of Movable and Immovable Assets”, Ankara, 1997
- HUK Presidency Study on “Taxation in Barter Transactions” Ankara 1999,
- Structure of Indirect Taxes in Turkey and Adaptation to Acquis has been presented as Declaration in the 23rd Turkish Finance Symposium organized in 2008 by Hacettepe University.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

English

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