REPUBLIC OF TURKEY MINISTRY OF ECONOMY NEW INCENTIVES PROGRAM June, 2012 1
The New Investment Incentives Program General Investment Incentive Scheme Regional Investment Incentive Scheme Large Scale Investment Incentive Scheme Strategic Investment Incentive Scheme Customs Duty Exemption VAT Exemption Customs Duty Exemption VAT Exemption Tax Reduction Social Security Premium Support (Employer s Share) Land Allocation Interest Support Customs Duty Exemption VAT Exemption Tax Reduction Social Security Premium Support (Employer s Share) Land Allocation Customs Duty Exemption VAT Exemption Tax Reduction Social Security Premium Support (Employer s Share) Land Allocation Interest Support VAT Refund Additionally investments in Region 6 are eligible for income tax withholding allowance and social security premium support (Employee s share). 2
The New Investment Incentives Program GENERAL REGIONAL LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC 3
GENERAL Regardless of region where investment is made, the scheme is available for all investment projects provided that: Investment subject is not excluded from the investment incentives programs Requirement of minimum fixed investment amount is met The investment projects that are supported from the General Investment Incentives Scheme will benefit only from customs duty and VAT exemptions on their machinery and equipment expenditures. As a novelty in the new program, additionally income tax withholding allowance will be available on portions of labor wages corresponding to amount of legal minimum wage if investment is made in Region 6. 4
The New Investment Incentives Program GENERAL REGIONAL LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC 5
REGIONAL Regional system aims to eliminate inter-regional imbalances by means of encouragement of sectors determined. Rates of support measures have been differentiated according to the level of development of the regions. Investment subjects to be supported have been identified by taking into consideration of the economic potentials of provinces and scales of economies. Within the scope of regional investment encouragement, minimum investment amounts are determined for certain investment subjects in each region seperately. If there is no defined minimum investment amount, it is; 1 Million TL. in Regions I and II, 500 Thousand TL. in Regions III, IV, V and VI. 6
NEW REGIONAL MAP 7
Region 1 Provinces MINISTRY OF ECONOMY Region 2 Provinces Region 3 Provinces Region 4 Provinces Region 5 Provinces Ankara Adana Balıkesir Afyonkarahisar Adıyaman Ağrı Region 6 Provinces Antalya Aydın Bilecik Amasya Aksaray Ardahan Bursa Bolu Burdur Artvin Bayburt Batman Eskişehir Çanakkale Gaziantep Bartın Çankırı Bingöl İstanbul Denizli Karabük Çorum Erzurum Bitlis İzmir Edirne Karaman Düzce Giresun Diyarbakır Kocaeli Isparta Manisa Elazığ Gümüşhane Hakkari Muğla Kayseri Mersin Erzincan Kahramanmaraş Iğdır Kırklareli Samsun Hatay Kilis Kars Konya Trabzon Kastamonu Niğde Mardin Sakarya Uşak Kırıkkale Ordu Muş Tekirdağ Zonguldak Kırşehir Osmaniye Siirt Yalova Kütahya Sinop Şanlıurfa Malatya Tokat Şırnak Nevşehir Tunceli Van Rize Sivas Yozgat 8 PROVINCES 13 PROVINCES 12 PROVINCES 17 PROVINCES 16 PROVINCES 15 PROVINCES 8
TAX REDUCTION Rate of Contribution to Investment (%) Regions Regional Scheme Large Scale Scheme For investment projects to be started till Dec. 31th 2013 For investment projects to be started after Jan. 1st 2014 For investment projects to be started till Dec. 31th 2013 For investment projects to be started after Jan. 1st 2014 I 15 10 25 20 II 20 15 30 25 III 25 20 35 30 IV 30 25 40 35 V 40 30 50 40 VI 50 35 60 45 9
TAX REDUCTION TAX REDUCTION As a general rule, the support regarding tax reduction will be applied exclusively to the revenues earned from the investment project which obtained approval for support measures. However, for investment projects in Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, a certain portion of contribution to investment arising from tax reduction can be applied by investing companies to their earnings obtained from other operations before investment project is completed and starts generating revenue. 10
TAX REDUCTION TAX REDUCTION IN REGIONAL Regions Rate of Contribution to Investment (%) Tax Reduction Rate (%) Investment Contribution Rate to be Applied before and after investment is completed Before After Region 1 15 50 0 100 Region 2 20 55 10 90 Region 3 25 60 20 80 Region 4 30 70 30 70 Region 5 40 80 50 50 Region 6 50 90 80 20 11
TAX REDUCTION TAX REDUCTION IN LARGE SCALE Regions Rate of Contribution to Investment (%) Tax Reduction Rate (%) Investment Contribution Rate to be Applied before and after investment is completed Before After Region 1 25 50 0 100 Region 2 30 55 10 90 Region 3 35 60 20 80 Region 4 40 70 30 70 Region 5 50 80 50 50 Region 6 60 90 80 20 12
SOCIAL SECURITY PREMIUM SUPPORT (Employer s Share) Regions For investment projects to be started till Dec. 31th 2013 For investment projects to be started after Jan. 1st 2014 Support Cap (Ratio to Fixed Investment - %) Regional Scheme Large Scale Scheme Region 1 2 years - 10 3 Region 2 3 years - 15 5 Region 3 5 years 3 years 20 8 Region 4 6 years 5 years 25 10 Region 5 7 years 6 years 35 11 Region 6* 10 years 7 years 50 15 * In OIZs in Region 6, the support will be implemented for 12 years 13
Regions INTEREST SUPPORT TL Loans Support Rate Loans in Foreign Currency Maximum Amount of Support (Thousand TL) Region 1 - - - Region 2 - - - Region 3 3 Points 1 Point 500 Region 4 4 Points 1 Point 600 Region 5 5 Points 2 Points 700 Region 6 7 Points 2 Points 900 14
Incentives Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 VAT Exemption Customs Duty Exemption Tax Reduction Rate of Contribution to Investment (%) Social Security Premium Support (Employer s Share) REGIONAL out of OIZ in OIZ out of OIZ in OIZ 15 20 25 30 40 50 20 25 30 40 50 55 2 years 3 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 3 years 5 years 6 years 7 years 10 years Land Allocation Interest Support N/A N/A Income Tax Withholding N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Social Security Premium Support (Employee s Share) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A SUMMARY TABLE 10 years 12 years 10 years 10 years 15
%38 LESS LABOR COST IN REGION 6 MINIMUM WAGE AND DEDUCTIONS (01.01.2012-30.06.2012) Components of Labor Cost (Legal Minimum Wage) Deductible Amounts with Support Measures Gross Wage 886,50 TL - Worker s Share of Social Security Premium 124,11 TL 124,11 TL Worker s Share of Unemployment Insurance Premium 8,87 TL - Income Tax Withholding 113,03 TL 113,03 TL Stamp Duty 5,85 TL - Total Deductions 251,86 TL - Net Wage 634,64 TL - EMPLOYER S SHARE IN MINIMUM WAGE (01.01.2012-30.06.2012) Employer s Share in Social Security Premium (% 19.5) Employer s Share of Unemployment Insurance Premium (% 2) 172,87 TL 172,87 TL 17,73 TL LABOR COST TO EMPLOYER 1.077 TL 410,01 TL 16
IMPROVED SUPPORT TO FINANCE IN REGION 6 Interest Payment Support up to 900.000 TL An opportunity to benefit from tax reduction support for the other operations of investing company during investment period 17
PRIORITY S PRIORITY S Following priority investments will benefit from terms and rates of the support measures of Region 5 even they are made in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4. Mining Investments Railroad and maritime transportation investments Test facilities, wind tunnel and similar investments Tourism investments in Cultural and Touristic Preservation and Development Regions International fairground investments with a minimum covered area of 50.000 m2 Primary, Middle and High School investments by private sector Specific medical investments and Defence Industry investments with minimum investment amount of 20 Million TL Investments made to produce products developed by an R&D Project which is supported by Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology 18
CULTURAL AND TOURISTIC PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT REGIONS 19
CLUSTERING AND R&D S Following investments will benefit from more beneficial one level up regional rates and terms for tax reduction and support to employer s share of social security premium in any region: Investments in Organized Industrial Zones Joint Investments by multiple (at least 5) companies operating in the same sector which establish integration to their activities. 20
The New Investment Incentives Program GENERAL REGIONAL LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC 21
LARGE SCALE S Goals of the Scheme: Improvement of Technology and R&D Capacity Provide a competitive advantage in the international arena Incentive measures available for Large Scale Investments: VAT Exemption, Customs Duty Exemption, Tax Reduction, Social Security Premium Support Land Allocation If a large scale investment is made in Region 6, additionally it will benefit from Income Tax Witholding Support and Social Security Premium Employee s Share Support. 22
LARGE SCALE S No Investment Subjects Minimum Investment Amount (Million TL) 1 Refined Petroleum Products 1000 2 Chemical Products 200 3 Harbours and Harbour Services 200 4 Automotive OEM and Side Suppliers 4-a Automotive OEM Investments 200 4-b Automotive Side Suppliers Investments 50 5 Railway and Tram Locomotives and/or Railway Cars 50 6 Transit Pipe Line Transportation Services 50 7 Electronics 50 8 Medical, High Precision and Optical Equipment 50 9 Pharmaceuticals 50 10 Aircraft and Space Vehicles and/or Parts 50 11 Machinery (including Electrical Machines And Equipments) 50 12 Integrated Metal Production 50 23
SUMMARY TABLE Large Scale Investment Incentive Scheme Incentives Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 VAT Exemption Customs Duty Exemption Tax Reduction Rate of Contribution to Investment (%) Social Security Premium Support- Employer s Share (Term of Support-Years) out of OIZ in OIZ out of OIZ in OIZ 25 30 35 40 50 60 30 35 40 50 60 65 2 3 5 6 7 10 3 5 6 7 10 12 Land Allocation Interest Support N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Income Tax Withholding (years) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 Social Security Premium Support (Employee s Share) (Term Of Support- Years) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 10 24
The New Investment Incentives Program GENERAL REGIONAL LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC 25
STRATEGIC S What are the Strategic Investments? Investments to be made for production of intermediate or final products of which more than 50% are supplied by imports. Energy investments to be made for exclusive use of such strategic investments. 26
STRATEGIC S What are the goals of the scheme? On the basis of the Input Supply Strategy this scheme aims at supporting production of intermediate and final products with high import depedence with a view to reduce current account deficit. It also targets encouraging high-tech and high value added investments with a potential of strengthening Turkey s international competitiveness 27
STRATEGIC S Eligibility criteria for Strategic Investments to be made for production of intermediate and final products with high import depedence of which more than 50% are supplied by imports. with a minimum investment amount of 50 Million TL with a minimum 40% value added (This condition is not applicable to refined petroleum production investments and petrochemicals production investments) With an import of at least 50 Milyon $ in the last one year period (This condition is not necessary for goods with no domestic production) 28
SUMMARY TABLE VAT Exemption Incentives Customs Duty Exemption Rate of Contribution to Tax Reduction Investment (%) Social Security Premium Support (Employer s Share) (Term of Support) Land Allocation VAT Refund Strategic Investment Incentive Scheme Interest Payment Support All Regions 50% (50% of the contribution can be used before the investment is completed) 7 Years (10 years for Region 6) The building and construction costs of investments of more than 500 Million TL Limited to 5% of total investment amount and with a cap of 50 Million TL Income Tax Deduction Support 10 years only for Region 6 Social Security Premium Support (Employee s Share) (Term Of Support) 10 years only for Region 6 29
NEW INCENTIVES PROGRAM General Directorate of Incentives Implementation and Foreign Direct Investment 30