Tax deductibles are a thing in some countries, ehem looking at you US, but is it a thing in Turkey?
You have to pay taxes in Turkey if you are a resident. but can you write some expenses of and pay less tax over all?
Kinda.
Generally speaking individual employees can not deduct anything. However, contributions to social security may be deducted.
The annual amount of personal deduction can not exceed the minimum of yearly gross salary of the individual.
Deductions for Turkish taxpayers
You have to pay taxes in Turkey if you are a resident. but can you write some expenses of and pay less tax over all?
Kinda.
Generally speaking individual employees can not deduct anything. However, contributions to social security may be deducted.
The annual amount of personal deduction can not exceed the minimum of yearly gross salary of the individual.
Deductions for Turkish taxpayers
| Terms | Rates |
| Insurance premiums such as life, death, accident, illness, disability, maternity, birth and education, belonging to the taxpayers themselves and their spouses and children underage | 15% of the declared income and the total amount of minimum wage |
| Education and health expenditures related to the taxpayers themselves, their spouses and children underage | 10% of the declared income |
| Donations and charities made against a receipt, to the public administrations under government budget or with a particular budget, to special provincial administrative bodies, to municipalities and villages, to foundations that are granted tax exemption by the President, to associations that work for the public interest | 5% |
| Expenses, donations and charities made and given against receipt in respect of activities which are realized by the institutions or supported by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the promotion, development and preservation of cultural, artistic and historical values | 100% |
| Amateur sports branches | 100% |
| Professional sports branches | 50% |
| Charitable contributions | Depends on the contribution amount |
| All kinds of expenses made for the construction of schools, medical facilities | Depends on the contribution amount |
| Student hostels and child care centers | Depends on the contribution amount |