What is an e-Ledger?


Creating, saving, storing and presenting in the electronic environment of the books that are required to be kept in accordance with legal obligations is called e-Ledger.



The e-Ledger is a legal and technical book that aims to prepare the books, which are required to be kept in accordance with the Tax Procedure Law, in electronic file format in accordance with the format and standards announced by the government, to save them without printing, to ensure their immutability, integrity and the accuracy of their source, and to be used as a proof tool before the relevant parties. set of regulations. e-Ledger has the same legal validity as paper notebooks.Secure electronic signature for natural persons or financial seal for legal persons will be used to ensure the immutability, source, and integrity of electronic books prepared in accordance with the specified standards.


What is e-Signature, Financial Seal, Time Stamp?


e-Signature: Electronic signature is electronic data that is added to electronic data or has a logical connection and is used for authentication purposes. It proves whether the signing data attached to any electronic document belongs to you. An electronic signature proves the authenticity of the signer's identity; It reveals whether the content of the signed data has been changed by another person (whether its integrity is broken or not).

Financial Seal: To be used within the framework of the regulations to be made within the scope of the laws, to be used in the transactions made within the e-Ledger Application, which is created for the purpose of ensuring the data integrity, source, and content of legal persons and other institutions, organizations and businesses, and ensuring confidentiality when necessary. Financial Seal, which is mandatory, refers to the electronic certificate infrastructure prepared by the government.

Time Stamp: In the event that the approval of the certificates by the government cannot be realized due to any interruption or system failure, the aforementioned certificates, qualified electronic signature or financial seal for natural person taxpayers, financial seal, and time stamp for legal persons, public institutions and organizations and unincorporated partnerships. stamped or signed.


What are the Advantages of the e-Ledger?

  1. The time spent preparing the journal and general ledger are reduced to a minimum with the e-Ledger application. This means time and employee savings for companies.
  2. The amounts paid for the approval and printing of the books in each period are eliminated with the e-Ledger application. With the notary approval of the journal and the general ledger, the cost of printing on paper does not occur thanks to the e-Ledger.
  3. Costs are reduced as the amounts spent for printing, approval, sending, and archiving of the ledgers will be zeroed.
  4. Editing errors in paper documents are cumbersome, while editing errors in the e-Ledger do not require extra effort.
  5. Since the document standards set in the e-Ledger are in the international format, they are especially suitable for the working, order, and compliance principles of multinational companies.
  6. The trees cut down for the notebook, which is organized every period and consists of hundreds of pages, are also protected with the e-Ledger application.

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