As it is known, cash registers used by persons engaged in retail trade were started to be replaced with the new generation cash registers containing POS features, and as of 01.10.2013, it became mandatory for those who use mobile EFT-POS devices in their operations to use New-Generation Cash Registers. Several amendments regarding the use of new generation cash registers have been made with the Communiqués No. 1 – 2,¹ published in the official gazette dated June 3rd, 2015.

 6645 enumerated 'Law amending Work Place Health and Safety and other laws and enactments' has been published in the Reiterated Official Gazette on 23/04/2015 and entered into force on the date of publishing. With the Bill Omnibus, which includes 89 articles, many regulations, including Labour Law, Social Security and Income Tax have been subject to important changes. This article consists of briefing on the most significant amendments concerning employees and employers.

 

Law 6337 amending certain laws and enactments introduces certain government grants and support in the Family and Social Policies enactment enumerated 633:

Supplementary Article 2 – Marriage Savings Account and Government Benefit (entry into force: 07/04/2015)

Supplementary Article 3 – Mortgage Savings Account and Government Benefit (entry into force: 07/04/2015)

Supplementary Article 4 – Child Birth Benefit (entry into force: 15/05/2015)

 Resource Support Fund Taxation, significant cost for export companies, is reduced to 0% contribution rate for certain export goods.

The Cabinet has listed the goods for the %0 category as: animal and plant based oils, metal ores, cinder, organic chemicals, plastics and by-products, wood and wooden goods, glass and glass goods, iron and steel, copper and copper goods, aluminum and aluminum goods.

The related enactment can be viewed here (available in Turkish).