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How much could you save in technopark?

Enter your annual R&D earnings, R&D headcount and average gross salary. We estimate the savings under Law No. 4691 (CIT exemption + personnel withholding + SGK employer support). Indicative only — actual savings depend on project intensity and remuneration bands.

Software/R&D/design revenue you expect under the technopark scope
Full-time R&D, design, software personnel
Used for personnel-tax and SGK calculations

Scope

Technology park status under Law No. 4691 offers significant tax advantages — but sustaining them requires a robust project file, R&D segregation and periodic reporting. We run the process end-to-end; the differentiating angle is positioning a Turkish leg within an international group (benchmarked against Ireland IDA R&D Tax Credit and UK R&D KP/RDEC schemes).

  • Eligibility analysis — activity code, R&D intensity, target technopark selection (TÜBİTAK MAM, ITU ARI, METU Teknokent)
  • Project file preparation — submission to the Technology Zone Evaluation Committee
  • BiGG Investment eligibility check (TÜBİTAK 1812) — parallel application plan when current call conditions are met
  • Operational onboarding — lease, e-signature, e-invoice, e-ledger setup
  • Tax incentive management — separate tests under Law 4691 provisional Art. 2 and VAT Law provisional Art. 20
  • Employer social security premium support — half of the employer share for eligible personnel through 31/12/2028
  • Personnel income-tax withholding incentive — Law 4691 provisional Art. 2 with the forty-times gross minimum-wage cap
  • R&D activity tracking and segregation — separation from non-R&D revenue (critical)
  • Periodic reporting — quarterly + annual activity reports under technopark supervision
  • Venture-capital investment requirement — Law 4691 additional Art. 3 and the threshold/rate announced for the relevant year
  • International benchmark — current decision matrix for Turkey Technopark, Ireland and UK R&D regimes

Process

  1. 01

    Eligibility scan

    Activity code, R&D intensity, technopark selection decision tree (5 business days).

  2. 02

    Project preparation

    TBD committee presentation file, investment plan, headcount list (15-20 business days).

  3. 03

    Application & approval

    Submission to target technopark management, presentation, approval (4-8 weeks).

  4. 04

    Go-live

    Lease, e-infrastructure, tax exemption documents, first R&D period start.

  5. 05

    Operational cadence

    Quarterly reporting, annual activity summary, preservation of tax advantages.

Deliverables

  • TBD committee presentation file (PDF)
  • Tax-incentive control set (Law 4691 provisional Art. 2, VAT Law provisional Art. 20 and Law 5746 Art. 3)
  • R&D segregation ledger configuration
  • Quarterly activity report template + first-period filing
  • Pillar Two impact note for international groups (if in scope)

Pricing model

Fixed onboarding package (project file + application) + monthly retainer (reporting + tax monitoring).

Typical timeline

Application → approval: 4-8 weeks (varies by technopark). Go-live: 2-3 weeks after approval.

Frequently asked

What exactly are the Turkish technopark tax advantages?

Under Law 4691 provisional Art. 2, income derived from qualifying software, design and R&D activity in the zone can be exempt from income or corporate tax through 31/12/2028. The payroll withholding relief under the same provision is subject, from 1 August 2025, to a forty-times gross minimum-wage cap. VAT relief does not come from Art. 9 of Law 4691; VAT Law provisional Art. 20 covers specified software supplies and services. For eligible personnel, half of the employer social-security share is supported under Law 5746 Art. 3. Each item needs a separate activity, project and personnel test.

Turkey Technopark vs Ireland IDA vs UK R&D — which is better?

The decision depends on primary market, where personnel and R&D activity sit, IP ownership, grant or exemption conditions, effective tax rate and compliance cost. No country or structure is assumed to be superior in advance; the comparison uses current law and the group's actual data.

What is the venture capital fund investment requirement?

Under Law 4691 additional Art. 3, a venture-capital investment requirement can arise when exempt earnings reported in the annual return exceed the threshold announced for the relevant year. The threshold and investment amount can change, so the test is made for the specific accounting period rather than from a fixed figure.

How does remote / hybrid work fit?

For 2026, Presidential Decision No. 10766 allows time spent outside the zone to remain within the payroll-withholding incentive up to 100% for qualifying IT personnel and 75% for other personnel. These percentages are not an automatic work-from-home entitlement; personnel classification, project records, time tracking and zone-management notifications still apply.

Am I affected by Pillar Two?

If you are part of an international group with €750M+ revenue, technopark exemptions may push the effective Turkish tax rate below 15%, triggering Turkish Local Minimum Top-up Tax (QDMTT) under CIT Art. 32/D. To avoid surprises, group ETR analysis must be modeled against the technopark uplift.

Official sources

Last statutory source check: 29 August 2026

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