a. Minimum wage

In a press release dated December 29, 2017 the Ministry of Labor along with the Minimum Wage Determination Committee have announced the minimum wage to be effective for the year of 2018 as shown in the table below. The Official Gazette related to this change has yet to be released.

• Income Tax Exempted Food Allowance
• Disablement Degree Discount
• Income Tax Brackets of 2018
• Stamp Tax Rate

With the Regulation published in the Official Gazette dated 05.12.2017, significant amendments have been made to the Regulation on Social Security Transactions. The provisions of said Regulation will enter into force as of 01.01.2018.

It was sufficient for the public offices, workplaces which conduct business by drawing up collective labor agreements, as well as private sector companies in respect of the months in which 10 or more insured employees are employed, to state the reasons of the missing days on the monthly premium and service declarations, without the requirement of submitting a separate missing day declaration. By virtue of said Regulation, amendments have been made in respect of the declarations to be made by the workplaces employing less than 10 insured employees.

We have announced the regulation which came into force the on the Social Security Institution Applications on our article dated 13.12.2017.

It has been announced that; “November 2017 social security (SSI) premiums payable for the employee who earns a wage in exchange for the services provided during the first and thirtieth day of a month, along with the deferred February 2017 premiums all shall be paid to the SSI on 26.12.2017, the latest.