With the Official Gazette dated December 27, 2024 and numbered 32765, Article 17 of the Social Insurance and General Health Insurance Law No. 5510 was amended.

With this regulation, the calculation method of daily earnings to be taken as basis for allowances and income within the scope of short-term insurance branches (work accident, occupational disease, illness and maternity) has been amended.

Article 17 of the Social Security and General Health Insurance Law dated May 31, 2006 and numbered 5510 was amended as follows:

• Income Tax Exempted Meal Allowance
• Income Tax Exempted Commuter Allowance
• Disability Degree Discounts
• 2025 Income Tax Rates
• Stamp Tax Rate

Income Tax Exempted Meal Allowance

Meal allowance tax exemption amount that is applied as of 1st of Jan 2025 was announced in 329 serial numbered Income Tax General Communique on December 30, 2024 dated and 32768 numbered bis Official Gazette. According to this communique, meal allowance which is provided by the employer outside of the workplace and workplace outbuildings as defined in the (8)th clause of Article 23 of Income Tax Law, exemption amount is defined as 240.00 TRY to be applied for 2025 calendar year.

Per the Temporary Article 105 of Law No. 5510, which entered into force upon its publication in the Official Gazette No. 32765 dated December 27, 2024, and under paragraph (g) of the first subsection of Article 60 of Law No. 5510, collection of all unpaid general health insurance premiums prior to January 1, 2015, along with ancillary debts such as penalties for late payment and late payment surcharges, have been abandoned.

According to the mentioned regulation:

The statutory deductions applicable in a standard Turkish payroll are social security premium, income tax, and stamp tax. Also, the salaries generated from liaison offices in Türkiye are exempt from income tax per Article 34/14 of Income Tax Law, and these are only subject to social security.

Also, the income tax exemption as much as the income tax deduction amount calculated over the minimum wage for all wages introduced in 2024 will continue in 2025 as well.

Social Security Premium

Social Security Premium is calculated over wages monthly and paid jointly by the employee and the employer. The contribution rates are as follows: