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DOING BUSINESS IN TURKEY

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Doing Business in Turkey<br />

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Tax benefits and incentives in Technology Development<br />

Zones, Industrial Zones and Free<br />

Zones, including total or partial exemption<br />

from Corporate Income Tax, a grant on employer’s social<br />

security share, as well as land allocation<br />

Large-Scale Investment<br />

Incentives<br />

12 investment subjects are<br />

determined for large scale<br />

investments in Turkey. With the<br />

minimum investment amounts,<br />

these subjects are supported by<br />

incentives in order to enhance<br />

competitiveness, technology and<br />

R&D activities in Turkey.<br />

Aforementioned investment subjects and minimum investment amounts<br />

can be found in the table below:<br />

The table of regional investment<br />

scheme mentioned in the previous<br />

section is also applicable for largescale<br />

investments.<br />

In addition to this information,<br />

incentives in tax reduction and<br />

social security premium support<br />

for employer’s share can be taken<br />

from one-grade lower region in the<br />

regional investment scheme for<br />

some combined regional and largescale<br />

investments.<br />

*Source: Investment Guide published by Investment Support<br />

and Promotion Agency of Turkey (http://www.invest.gov.tr)<br />

These investments can be either<br />

investments in Organized Industrial<br />

Zones or joint investments with at<br />

least 5 investor companies in the<br />

same sector to contribute a more<br />

integrated structure in the industry.<br />

To exemplify, Region 5-level<br />

investment in a joint investment<br />

partnership can benefit from 2% tax<br />

rate, which is reduced tax rate for<br />

region 6-level investments.<br />

Centrum Consulting | 2017

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