With the Regulation published in the Official Gazette dated 05.12.2017, significant amendments have been made to the Regulation on Social Security Transactions. The provisions of said Regulation will enter into force as of 01.01.2018.

It was sufficient for the public offices, workplaces which conduct business by drawing up collective labor agreements, as well as private sector companies in respect of the months in which 10 or more insured employees are employed, to state the reasons of the missing days on the monthly premium and service declarations, without the requirement of submitting a separate missing day declaration. By virtue of said Regulation, amendments have been made in respect of the declarations to be made by the workplaces employing less than 10 insured employees.

We have announced the regulation which came into force the on the Social Security Institution Applications on our article dated 13.12.2017.

It has been announced that; “November 2017 social security (SSI) premiums payable for the employee who earns a wage in exchange for the services provided during the first and thirtieth day of a month, along with the deferred February 2017 premiums all shall be paid to the SSI on 26.12.2017, the latest.

Pursuant to the regulation which came into force with the publication on the Official Gazette no. 30261, published on 5.12.2017 the provisional Article 34 titled “Payment Term for Certain Premiums for November 2017” was added to the Social Security Transactions Regulation.

According to the General Communiqué on Withholding Tax Return and Premium Service Statement, announced on the 29983 numbered Official Gazette dated 18.02.2017, the firms’ tax identification number and Social Security Institution (SSI) registration number were required to match on the system of the Revenue Administration until the date 31.03.2017. This period has been extended until 02.05.2017.