A new regulation with regards to the employee withdrawals from the automatic private pension plans made by the employers has been published in Official Gazette numbered 31704 and dated 29.12.2021

With that new regulation, the employees who withdraw from the automatic private pension plan, would not need to be re-enrolled again after 3 years. The aforementioned rule has been abolished.

• Income Tax Exempted Food Allowance
• Income Tax Exempted Commuting Allowance
• Disability Degree Discount
• Income Tax Brackets of 2022
• Stamp Tax Rate

a. Minimum Wage

In the press release dated December 16, 2021, the Ministry of Labor, along with the Minimum Wage Determination Committee has announced the minimum wage to be effective for the year of 2022, as shown in the table below.

SSI e-notification application deadline has been postponed to 31 Jan 2022.

The applications can only be made via the e-Government (e-Devlet) portal/webpage, and the hardcopy application would not be accepted by SSI.

The employers would need to log in to the E-government portal > SSI e-Notification > new application sections as below:

• e-Government > e-Notification > SSI application screen. e-Government SSI e-notification application screen.
• After log in to the e-Government portal, you would need to click NEW APPLICATION.
• On that screen, you would need to click APPLY and complete the e-Notification application process.

e-Government link is as below: