Taxes for expats in Türkiye

Cheryl Moderator

16824POSTS

last year

Hello everyone,

When settling in and living in Türkiye, you will also need to navigate the local tax system. In order to help newcomers and expats ease their tax-related experience, we would like to invite you to share your experience.

What are the taxes applicable to expats in Türkiye?

Have there been any recent changes in tax regulations that expats should know about?

Are there any local tax incentives or agreements with your home country?

Have you come across any unexpected or unusual local tax?

What do you wish you had known earlier about taxes in Türkiye?

Share your insights and experience.

Thank you for your contribution.

Cheryl
Expat.com Team

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Berk Zl Member

1POSTS

last year

Dear Cherly,

I find a guide for you about [link moderated] and also there are a lot of sources.

Bests,

digitalnomadintr New member

5POSTS

3 months ago

I've been based in Istanbul for a while now and the cost-to-quality ratio for running a business here is really good.

Quick breakdown of my monthly costs:

- Virtual office (business address): $30

- Accountant: ~$120

- Good apartment: $600-800

- Food/transport: $500-700

Total: about $1,300-1,700/month for everything including a proper business setup.

Compare that to London ($4,000+) or Dubai ($3,000+).

Plus Turkey has an 80% tax exemption on service exports if your clients are international. My effective tax rate is about 4.6%.

For the office I use Kamara - they have 8 locations across Istanbul. The virtual office at $30/month is perfect if you just need a registered address. If you ever need a physical desk or meeting room,

they have serviced offices at $300/month.

Feel free to ask if you have questions about the setup process