With the Communiqué published in the 31034 numbered Official Gazette on 09/02/2020; the application of Withholding and Premium Service Declaration in the entire Türkiye has been postponed to 01.03.2020.

In addition, new pilot cities have been added and the application dates have been determined as below:

• For the tax residents in Kırşehir, the application was started to be executed on 01/06/2017
• For the tax residents in Amasya, Bartın and Çankırı; the application was started to be executed on 01/01/2018
• For the tax residents in Bursa, Eskişehir and Konya; the application was started to be executed on 01/01/2020 (Except the banks within the scope of Income Tax communique with No: 281)
• The application for entire Türkiye will be effective as of 01/03/2020 with the declaration period of March/2020.

Per the circular no: 2020/01 dated as 27.01.2020;

The five points discount on Social Security premiums would not be applicable for the corporations within the scope of Social Security Law no: 506, temporary Article 20 (e.g. banks, insurance and reassurance companies, etc).

These corporations can benefit from the incentives which are within the scope of Law no: 4447, Article 10 and Law no: 4857, Article 30.

The points on that regulation will be applicable as of 01.02.2019

Please find that published announcement dated 27.01.2020 on the link below for detailed info (Published in Turkish)

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Revenue Administration announced the list of authorized bank names that can be used for tax payments as of 2020. The list also includes the tax payment method applicable for the related banks on the list.

Per that announcement; The debit and credit cards of Turkish and Foreign Banks can be used for the tax payments that are collected by the tax offices.

You can find the list on the below link of Revenue Administration (in Turkish)

Per the letter announced on 18.03.2019; The issues regulated by SSI regarding missing day documents of foreign nationals, as follows:

Art. 102(13) of the Social Security Transactions Regulation drafts missing days documents, including:

• Report that shows sick leave taken from authorized health institutions or company doctors,
• Documents regarding custody and detention,
• Strike, lockout, events that affects life in general, letter sample that is from official authorities regarding the termination of activity or sustaining activity in workplace,