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Offshore structures get built around one question: how much tax do I pay there. The question nobody models is what happens when the money comes home. Four routes and their conditions.
Read more →Where R&D is carried out to order in a technopark, the contract decides the tax treatment, not the accounting. Ownership, consideration, intra-group.
Read more →Two people earning the same money from abroad can face very different Turkish tax treatment. Residency, income type, and the reliefs that hinge on them.
Read more →Income from an intangible right is not exempt in full. The exempt share is set by the qualified expenditure ratio, which bought-in R&D lowers.
Read more →A technopark is not the right call for every software company. Weighing rent, compliance burden and record-keeping against the exemption and incentives.
Read more →The technopark exemption rests on the activity happening in the zone. What an audit looks at when a company holds space but does no real work.
Read more →The exemption covers income from in-scope activity carried out in the zone, not all company income. Where the boundary sits and what audits check.
Read more →Under current law the technopark earnings exemption ends on 31.12.2028. The scenario work and structural decisions worth doing now.
Read more →The most concrete technopark advantage is payroll, not corporate tax: the withholding exemption, employer social security support and the staff cap.
Read more →IT staff may work outside the zone 100% of the time, other project staff 75%, authorised until 31.12.2026. What to plan if no extension comes.
Read more →Software made in a technopark is supplied VAT-exempt, but the exemption attaches to the activity, not the company, and input VAT is what companies miss.
Read more →Technopark companies with exempt earnings above TRY 2 million must put 3% into venture capital. Skip it and you lose that slice of the exemption.
Read more →Law 4691 exempts income; Law 5746 deducts expenditure. Which one is meaningful depends on whether your company is profitable, not on preference.
Read more →In the technopark exemption the sworn CPA report is not paperwork; it is the strongest document you hold in an audit. Deadlines, scope and value.
Read more →The real bill for operating off the books does not come from an audit. It arrives at the bank, in a partnership talk, and on the day you sell.
Read more →The five files investors open in due diligence, why the books must be ready twelve months out, and why last-minute tidying does not work.
Read more →SWIFT descriptions like "shareholder loan" make Turkish banks flag your payment. What they ask for, and how to word the transfer before you send it.
Read more →Companies below the new minimum capital thresholds must top up by 31 December 2026, and doing it with cash unlocks a five-year tax deduction.
Read more →The real sequence for opening a Turkish corporate account as a non-resident, the documents banks ask for, and why the signatory must appear in person.
Read more →Owning a company, living in Turkey and working in your own company are three separate things. What each one actually requires under 2026 rules.
Read more →Limited Şirket or Anonim Şirket for a foreign founder: the liability, share transfer and exit differences that decide it, not the setup cost.
Read more →What it really costs a foreign founder to start and run a company in Turkey in 2026, including the recurring costs most guides leave out.
Read more →Company formation in Turkey for foreign founders, step by step: entity choice, documents, MERSIS, capital, banking and what follows incorporation.
Read more →Mercury is moving accounts from Choice Financial to Column N.A. The timeline, the risks, and what to do, especially if you live outside the US.
Read more →Law No. 7582, published in the Official Gazette on 4 June 2026, introduced a new Asset Amnesty scheme in Turkey.
Read more →I have spent years alongside dozens of startups. I have also seen companies stumble and close because of avoidable financial mistakes.
Read more →You have a company in Turkey and clients abroad. VAT and income tax obligations on payments received via Upwork, Stripe and Payoneer.
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