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Payroll, Social Security & Employment Compliance

Control payroll inputs, employee approval, social-security and tax filings, and incentive evidence in one monthly workflow.

Scope

Payroll is more than a net-salary calculation. Time, leave, bonuses, benefits, cumulative income tax, insurable earnings, employee movements and filing records must agree in the same employee file. SGK incentives and Technopark/R&D withholding relief are not automatic rights; workplace, employee, project, period and evidence conditions require a fresh check for each payroll period.

  • Monthly validation of time, missing days, leave, bonuses, benefits, advances, attachments and deductions
  • Gross-to-net calculation covering cumulative income tax, minimum-wage exemption, stamp tax and employee/employer social-security shares
  • 2026 minimum and maximum insurable-earnings limits and day, sickness and missing-work controls
  • Withholding and Premium Service Return, SGK accrual and accounting-record reconciliation
  • Employee onboarding, termination, transfers and evidence calendar
  • Assumption-led severance, notice, unused-leave and other termination calculations
  • Employee/workplace eligibility and monthly debt/filing control against SGK’s current incentives and supports
  • Approved personnel, project, time-allocation and withholding/premium evidence for Technopark and R&D/Design Centre employees
  • Work-permit file for foreign employees covering role, salary, employment, financial-sufficiency and exemption criteria
  • Role-based access and secure delivery for payslips and personal data

Process

  1. 01

    Handover and control matrix

    Reconcile employee master data, contracts, pay components, authorities, cumulative bases and prior filings.

  2. 02

    Monthly input close

    Lock HR-approved time, leave, bonuses, advances and exits at the cut-off; record late data as an exception.

  3. 03

    Calculation and second review

    Calculate gross-to-net, tax, SGK, incentives and employer cost; compare with prior month, accounting and the bank-payment file.

  4. 04

    Filing and evidence

    After approval, reconcile filings, accruals and accounting entries; store payroll, incentive and employee evidence under controlled access.

Deliverables

  • Employee payslips, payroll register and employer-cost report
  • Bank-payment file and accounting-entry/data-transfer sheet
  • MUHSGK/SGK accrual, service list and control record
  • Reasoned monthly register of applied and rejected incentives
  • Onboarding, exit and termination-calculation file
  • Year-end cumulative-base and personnel-cost reconciliation

Pricing model

Monthly fixed package based on headcount, pay components, shifts/overtime, incentives, Technopark/R&D and foreign-employee scope. Prior-period corrections, mass exits and work-permit projects are scoped separately.

Typical timeline

The payroll cut-off, HR approval and payment date are aligned with statutory tax and contribution deadlines at onboarding. The first delivery is not fixed until handover data and cumulative bases are reconciled; late inputs follow an exception-and-correction workflow.

Frequently asked

Do you handle Technopark income-tax withholding exemption?

Yes, together with an eligibility check; the relief is not automatic. Approved personnel and project records, monthly time allocation, work inside/outside the zone and the statutory pay cap must be evidenced for each period. Missing evidence is shown with its ordinary-payroll and correction risk.

Is an SGK incentive applied automatically to every eligible employee?

No. Workplace debt and filing status, the employee’s entry and prior-employment conditions, filing timing and evidence of genuine work can all matter. SGK’s current incentive list is checked for each period; expired programmes are not treated as active.

What are the 2026 insurable-earnings limits?

SGK lists a TRY 33,030 monthly floor and TRY 297,270 monthly ceiling for private-sector employees insured under 4/a in 2026. These are social-security contribution limits; taxable income, exemptions and total employer cost are different measures.

Can a foreign employee be added to payroll immediately?

Actual work should not start without a valid right to work or applicable exemption. The Ministry’s role-based salary multiple, employer employment/financial-sufficiency tests and technology-sector procedures are checked before filing. Preparing the file is not a permit guarantee.

Can you take over payroll during the year?

Yes, after reconciling employee master data, prior payrolls, cumulative income-tax bases, SGK days and earnings, leave balances, incentives, accruals and payment status. Passwords, OTPs, e-filing credentials and e-signature PINs are never requested.

Related guides and tools

Foreign-employee payroll and work permits Manage salary multiples, employer criteria, the permit file and social-security start in a separate eligibility workflow. Technopark tax and payroll compliance Connect project income, personnel time, withholding relief and social-security support in one evidence file.

Official sources

Last statutory source check: 8 September 2026

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