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We would like to remind you that, starting from 1st of July 2018, withholding tax returns and SSI e-declarations will be combined in a single form under the name of “Withholding Tax and Monthly Premium Service Document” and submitted only to the tax offices until the 23rd of the following …

  In missing day declarations employer’s statement will be taken as basis. Starting from March declaration period there will be no obligation of submitting (EK: 10) form and documents. As is known, the workplaces with less than ten employees were under the obligation of submitting (EK: 10) form together with …

Minimum wage to be paid to Foreigners employed with work permit is determined by Labor and Social Security Ministry according to their positions and competence. As is known minimum wage for Turkish citizens are determined by a special committee. However the salary of a foreign employee cannot be less than …

Yes, the Law on the Encouragement of Cultural Investments and Initiatives No. 5225 provides SSI premium support for Establishments that have “Culture Investment License” and “Culture Initiatives License” As per the article 5 of above said law, * 50% of the employer’s SSI premium share calculated over the earnings of …

As is known SSI e-declarations should be submitted to SSI until the end of 23rd of the following month. In case the last submission date coincides with weekends and public holidays the declaration can be submitted on the next working day. As April 23 is the National Sovereignty and Children’s …

Work permit application system of foreigners is renewed and the new system has come into service as of 26th February 2018. According to announcement in Ministry of Labor and Social Security’s website the following points should be taken into consideration.

Crèche and day care center services provided for working mothers’ preschoolers will be exempt from income tax. In other words these benefits, up to a point, will not be considered part of the wage and no withholding tax applied. In case this service is not provided in the workplace, payment …

Omniums bill (colloquially known bag law) No. 7103, issued in Official Gazette No. 30373, dated 27th March 2018, gives the opportunity to benefit from missed incentives retrospectively.   In recent years Turkish government has launched many premium incentives and supports for encouraging businesses to create new employment. In the past many …

Social security premium and tax support for private sector employers, who employ persons amongst the registered unemployed of İŞKUR as an addition to the number personnel in the workplace, is arranged in the appended provisional articles (19 and 21) of the Law No 4447. SOCIAL SECURITY PREMIUM SUPPORT Valid between …

Some compensation related to termination of employment paid in the scope of mutual termination agreement, work loses compensation, job security compensation, and end of work compensation will be considered as wage. However, part of these total payments not exceeding the amount of severance pays will be exempt from income tax. …