With the Law No. 7263 published in the Official Gazette No. 31384 on February 3^rd, 2021; new regulations regarding Technology Development Zones and R&D activities have been announced.

The new regulations can be summarized as below:

Regulations regarding Technology Development Zones Law (No. 4691);

Annual income tax returns for 2020 income will be submitted to the relevant tax offices in March 2021.

All incomes subject to annual income tax return should be declared for the following income elements listed in Article 2 of the Income Tax Law. You can find the details for the annual income tax return obligation for wages below:

Components of Income;

1. Commercial earnings,
2. Agricultural earnings,
3. Wages,
4. Self-employment earnings,
5. Revenue from real estate, immovable assets
6. Revenue from securities, movable assets
7. Other earnings and revenue.

With the President's decision published in the Official Gazette dated January 13, 2021 and numbered 31363, the amount of cash wage support provided to employees has been increased.

Per the decision, the daily amount of cash wage support has been increased to 47.70 TL.

The whole month (30 days) cash wage support amount has been increased to net (after stamp tax) 1,420.14 TL.

You can click the link for the details about the periods of cash wage support and termination ban.

You can click the link for the details of the sanctions on violating the termination ban.

You can click the link for the related President decision. (The link is in Turkish)

According to the 27998389 - 010.06.02.11638 numbered Circular published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance with the subject 'Financial and Social Rights', the coefficients used to calculate the wage of public officers have been revised to be effective as of 01.01.2021.

Income Tax Exempted Severance Pay

The following value has been calculated taking these coefficients into account and shall be applied for the period between 01.01.2021 – 30.06.2021 maximum severance pay to be exempted from income tax is determined as TRY 7.638.96.

To access the full circular in which these announcements were made, please click here. (Please also be advised that the contents of this circular are in Turkish language.)