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2021 minimum wage support has come into force with the Law No. 7333 published in the Official Gazette dated 28.07.2021 and numbered 31551.
Based on that, in case that all conditions are met, the minimum wage support will be automatically deducted from the social security premium payments on the upcoming periods by the Social Security Institution without any application.
The minimum wage support amount for 2021 would be 2.5 TRY daily and 75 TRY monthly.
The conditions required for minimum wage support can be summarized as below:
This support would be applicable for the employees working under status 4/a.
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Category Social Security Law and Legislation, Labor Law
With Presidential Decree No. 2813, published on the Official Gazette numbered 31202 and dated 31.07.2020; withholding rates of rent payments of real estate, to be made in cash or to account, have been reduced from 20% to 10% until 31.12.2020, in accordance with the 94th article of Income Tax Law and 15th article of Corporate Tax Law.
Afterwards, with Presidential Decree published on the Official Gazette numbered 31499 and dated 02.06.2021, it was decided to apply 10% withholding rate for rent payments of real estate until 31.07.2021.
Now, with Presidential Decree published on the Official Gazette numbered 31553 and dated 30.07.2021, it was decided to apply 10% withholding rate for rent payments of real estate until 30.09.2021.
Category Taxation Law
With Presidential Decree No. 2812 published in the Official Gazette dated 31.07.2020 and numbered 31202, VAT rates have been amended in some service sectors.
With Presidential Decree published on the Official Gazette numbered 31499 and dated 02.06.2021; the date of 31.05.2021 was amended as 31.07.2021 in the 6th provisional article of the Decision on Determination of Value Added Tax Rates to be Applied for Goods and Services.
With Presidential Decree published on the Official Gazette numbered 31553 and dated 30.07.2021; the date of 31.07.2021 is amended as 30.09.2021 in the 6th provisional article of the Decision on Determination of Value Added Tax Rates to be Applied for Goods and Services.
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With the Official Gazette dated 27.02.2021 and numbered 31550, an amendment was made on the regulation regarding the working hours which cannot be distributed to weekdays.
Accordingly, Article 6-a of the mentioned regulation has been amended as the below;
The daily working hours cannot exceed 11 hours, and the night work cannot exceed 7.5 hours. The daily working hours cannot exceed 9 hours for the individuals using heavy vehicles with professional licenses, but that period can exceed 10 hours twice a week.