VAT Refund Minimum Limit to be Applied in 2025

In 2025 financial year, some limits and rates to be applied are as below:

1.Limit for the purchase of fixtures and furnitures that can be directly written off: 9.900 TRY (excluding VAT)

2.Invoice Requirement Limit: 9.900 TRY

3.Exception for daily meal allowance: 240 TRY (264 TRY  including VAT)

4.Exception for daily commute allowance: 126 TRY

5.Exception amount for residential rent income: 47.000 TRY

6.Capital gain exception amount: 120.000 TRY

7.Temporary gain exception amount: 280.000 TRY

8.Limit for declaration of movable and real-estate income not subject to withholding and exception: 18.000 TRY

9.Monthly limit of car rentals that can be deductible: 37.000 TRY

10.The limit of car acquisition cost that can be deducted as an expense through depreciation: 2.100.000 TRY

  • Total Special Consumption Tax and VAT that can be deducted as expense 990.000 TRY
  • The amount excluding Special Consumption Tax and VAT that can be deducted through depreciation: 1.100.000 TRY

11.Upper limit for tax deductions for taxpayers who are tax compliant: 9.900.000 TRY

12.Inheritance and gift tax exemption amount applied for spouse and children: 2.316.628 TRY

13.Exemption amount applied to gratuitous transfers and lotteries: 53.339 TRY

14.Bookkeeping limit in balance sheet basis: 2.000.000 TRY (purchase), 2.800.000 TRY (sales)

15.Charge amount for cell phones brought by passengers who visit abroad: 45.614  TRY

16.Income tax tariff (2025):

  • Up to 158.000 TRY : 15%
  • 23.700 TRY for 158.000 TRY of 330.000 TRY, more: 20%
  • 58.100 TRY for 330.000 TRY of 800.000 TRY (58.100 TRY for 330.000 TRY of 1.200.000 TRY in wage income), more: 27%
  • 185.000 TRY for 880.000 TRY of 4.300.000 TRY, (293.000 TRY for 1.200.000 TRY of 4.300.000 TRY in wage income), more: 35%
  • 1.410.000 TRY for 4.300.000 TRY of more than 4.300.000 TRY, (1.378.000 TRY for 4.300.000 TRY of more than 4.300.000 TRY in wage income), more: 40%

17.Gross Minimum Wage: 26.005,50 TRY

Net Minimum Wage: 22.104, 67 TRY

Minimum Wage Employer Cost: 30.881,53 TRY

18.SSI Base Wage: 26.005,50TRY

SSI Ceiling Wage: 195.041,40 TRY

18.Threshold for Receivables Not Worth Litigation or Enforcement: 20.000 TRY

19.The upper limit of stamp duty for each document: 24.477.478,90 TRY