Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,000 TL
Income Tax
- 6,800 TL
Stamp Tax
- 319 TL
Total tax
- 7,119 TL
Net pay
* 34,881 TL
Marginal tax rate
20.8%
Average tax rate
16.9%
83.1%
Net pay
16.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,881 TL
Net pay
7,119 TL
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7,119 TL
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 0 TL to pay you 42,000 TL. In other words, every time you spend 10 TL of your hard-earned money, 1.69 TL goes to the government.
Real tax rate
16.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.9% tax rate now rises to 16.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,000 TL a year living in Turkey, you will be taxed 7,119 TL. That means that your net pay will be 34,881 TL per year, or 2,907 TL per month. Your average tax rate is 17.0% and your marginal tax rate is 20.8%. 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 20.76 TL, hence, your net pay will only increase by 79.24 TL.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 TL bonus will generate an extra 792 TL of net incomes. A 5,000 TL bonus will generate an extra 3,962 TL of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
TRY 39561
5.8%
1
USA
TRY 38362
8.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
TRY 42000
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
TRY 39900
5.0%
2
Qatar
TRY 39900
5.0%
3
Bahrain
TRY 38640
8.0%
4
Oman
TRY 38640
8.0%
5
Kuwait
TRY 37380
11.0%
6
Israel
TRY 36477
13.2%
7
Lebanon
TRY 36221
13.8%
8
Egypt
TRY 35178
16.2%
9
Turkey
TRY 34881
17.0%
10
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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.