The comparison of TAS:38 intangible assets standart and Turkish tax laws in valuation of websites

Internet has become an important tool that provides a competitive advantage for today's businesses, since it has been used for trade. Customers? using internet for making research about the product and/or shopping has change firms web sites to one of the most important face to customers. It has been define as an obligation to create websites for firms in the new Turkish Trade Law. This situation highlights the importance of accounting for the costs of businesses website. When costs of the establishment and development of a web site has been examined, it has been seen that some of them would be record under assets and some of them would be recorded as the expanses. On the other hand, when Turkish Tax Law is examined, different verdict are seen. In this study, it has been discussed the cost of creating web sites for firms according to Turkey Accounting Standards and Turkish Tax Law. As a result of the research it has been identified that Turkish Tax Law and Turkey Accounting Standards are generally compatible. But there were several discrepancies, too. Keywords: Websites, E- Commerce, Turkish Accounting Standards, Turkish Tax Laws, Intangible Assets