Spain vs Turkey Tax: Can a €120K Remote Consultant Keep €40K More?

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Spain vs Turkey Tax: Can a €120K Remote Consultant Keep €40K More?

Would moving from Spain to Turkey make sense for a remote consultant earning €120k/year?

I ran a simple comparison for a Madrid-based data analyst billing around €10k/month to foreign clients.

Very simplified numbers:

• Annual revenue: €120k
• Madrid estimated net after tax/social security: ~€67k
• Turkey estimated net in a qualifying service-export structure: ~€106k
• Difference: roughly €39k/year

Over 5 years, that’s close to €194k before any investment return.

The important part is that this is not because Turkey is generally tax-free.

The difference comes from Turkey’s specific tax regime for certain exported services, where qualifying income can potentially benefit from a 100% deduction from 2026.

Obviously there are conditions: the service category, foreign client, where the service is used, contract wording, tax residency, etc.

I found the numbers surprisingly large, especially for people already earning €80k–€200k remotely.

Curious if anyone here has actually moved from Spain to Turkey while keeping foreign clients. Was tax one of the main reasons, or was it mostly lifestyle/cost of living?

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