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Startup & ESOP Advisory Guide

Tax and structuring for early-stage companies: the 2026 employee share (ESOP) exemption cap for technology-startup employees, and how founders can build equity plans without triggering avoidable payroll tax.

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Turkey's 2026 ESOP Turning Point: The Employee Share Exemption Cap Doubles June 13, 2026 · authority
Law No. 7582 doubles the income-tax exemption cap on shares granted to tech-startup employees from one to two times annual gross salary; the real risk is that non-qualifying joint-stock companies tax the share as full salary under Income Tax Code Art. 61.