The 2024 minimum wage support has come into force with the Law No: 7417 published on the Official Gazette dated 03 February 2024 and numbered 32449.

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.

According to the Circular dated January 5, 2024 and numbered 27998389 - 010.06.02 - 2774790 published by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance with the subject 'Financial and Social Rights', the coefficients used to calculate the wage of a public officers have been revised effective January 1, 2024.

With the publication dated December 30, 2023 and numbered 32415 in the Official Gazette, the following exceptions have been updated.

• Income Tax Exempted Meal Allowance
• Income Tax Exempted Commuter Allowance
• Disability Degree Discounts

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

Also, the income tax exemption as much as the income tax deduction amount calculated over the minimum wage for all wages introduced in 2023 will continue in 2024 as well.

Social Security Premium

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