What we run each month
- Preparation of monthly payroll on a cost-centre basis, from the information your management provides
- Preparation and signing of the monthly social security premium declarations
- Preparation of the unemployment insurance declarations
- Calculation of employment termination benefits — severance, notice and accrued leave
- Preparation and distribution of monthly payslips
- Monthly review of your headcount against the employment incentives available under current law, and management of the ones you qualify for
Confidentiality is a structural argument, not a promise
In a small Turkish subsidiary, the person who runs payroll knows what everyone earns — including their own manager. That is uncomfortable at best and a retention problem at worst.
Outsourcing moves salary data outside the local team entirely. It is one of the most common reasons foreign-owned companies move payroll to us, and it is the reason we hold ISO 27001 certification rather than simply asserting that we are careful.
The parameters change every year — sometimes mid-year
Turkish payroll is driven by figures that are re-set annually and occasionally revised in between: the minimum wage, the SGK earnings floor and ceiling, premium rates and discounts, income tax brackets, the stamp duty rate on wages and the severance ceiling.
Incentives you are probably not claiming
Turkish law offers a series of social security premium supports and income tax withholding allowances tied to employment — some general, some regional, some sector-specific, some available only for additional headcount. They are not applied automatically. Somebody has to identify eligibility, elect the right one, and file correctly.
We review your staff list monthly against the incentives in force and manage the claims. For a company with a growing headcount, this alone frequently exceeds the cost of the service.
Where an incentive claim is challenged, an SGK audit opens or a termination has to be structured, the same team handles it — you are not handed to someone who has never seen your payroll.