The 2022 minimum wage support has come into force with the Law No: 7417 published on the Official Gazette dated 01 July 2022 and numbered 31887.

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 conditions required for 2022 minimum wage support can be summarized as below:

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 the article 34/14 of Income Tax Law and these are only subject to social security.

Also, as of 2022, an income tax exemption amount up to the tax amount calculated over minimum wage would be applicable for all wages.

Social Security Premium

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

a. Minimum Wage

In The press release dated July 01, 2022, the Ministry of Labor along with the Minimum Wage Determination Committee have announced the minimum wage to be effective as of July 01, 2022, as shown in the table below.

The Social Security Institution published a General Letter with regards to the employer representation.

Per that regulation, SSI will assign employer representatives per the employee count of the companies to fasten the SSI processes.

The employer representative implementation will primarily start in Izmir and Gaziantep provinces as of 16.05.2022. And, per the results & feedbacks, this would be applicable in all provinces in the future.