Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12,885 TL
Income Tax
- 1,933 TL
Stamp Tax
- 97.80 TL
Total tax
- 2,031 TL
Net pay
* 10,854 TL
Marginal tax rate
15.8%
Average tax rate
15.8%
84.2%
Net pay
15.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10,854 TL
Net pay
2,031 TL
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,031 TL
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 0 TL to pay you 12,885 TL. In other words, every time you spend 10 TL of your hard-earned money, 1.58 TL goes to the government.
Real tax rate
15.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.8% tax rate now rises to 15.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 12,885 TL a year living in Turkey, you will be taxed 2,031 TL. That means that your net pay will be 10,854 TL per year, or 905 TL per month. Your average tax rate is 15.8% and your marginal tax rate is 15.8%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 TL in your salary will be taxed 15.76 TL, hence, your net pay will only increase by 84.24 TL.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 TL bonus will generate an extra 842 TL of net incomes. A 5,000 TL bonus will generate an extra 4,212 TL of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
TRY 12681
1.6%
1
USA
TRY 11769
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
TRY 12579
2.4%
1
Brazil
TRY 11919
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
TRY 11861
8.0%
3
Colombia
TRY 11854
8.0%
4
Ecuador
TRY 11667
9.5%
5
Guatemala
TRY 11650
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
TRY 11532
10.5%
7
Panama
TRY 11468
11.0%
8
Peru
TRY 11274
12.5%
9
Argentina
TRY 10695
17.0%
10
Chile
TRY 10617
17.6%
11
Uruguay
TRY 10553
18.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the tables of Turkey, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.