{"id":7952,"date":"2021-05-17T19:46:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spesenfuchs.de\/non-cash-compensation-for-travel-expenses\/"},"modified":"2022-12-14T12:16:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:16:19","slug":"non-cash-compensation-for-travel-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spesenfuchs.de\/en\/non-cash-compensation-for-travel-expenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-cash compensation for travel expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-9qw1x4-c3b86e4ea6e647e2c9ca89d65e60ed6e\">\n.avia-section.av-9qw1x4-c3b86e4ea6e647e2c9ca89d65e60ed6e{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/www.spesenfuchs.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_0290-1500x430.jpg);\nbackground-position:50% 0%;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-9qw1x4-c3b86e4ea6e647e2c9ca89d65e60ed6e .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.6;\nbackground-color:#9e9e9e;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-9qw1x4-c3b86e4ea6e647e2c9ca89d65e60ed6e main_color avia-section-large avia-no-shadow  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch'><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay-wrap\"><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-7952'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de{\npadding-bottom:0;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:40px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:40px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-k3r6uqoz-2a96bf83677f15ff7b32c83e2d6f10de av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size av-linked-heading'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Non-cash compensation for travel expenses<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-7952'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-koscov14-a1d0d52d1b728fc61f332bf6e540f532 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The topic of non-monetary compensation and travel expenses causes confusion time and again.<\/p>\n<p>Since the 2014 travel expenses reform, there has been a new, clear regulation for the connection between non-cash benefits and travel expenses, which we explain below.<\/p>\n<h2>What are benefits in kind?<\/h2>\n<p>Non-cash benefits are goods and services that an employer provides to its employee as a non-cash bonus. This may be the private use of a company car or a gift in kind. Free or reduced-price meals in the in-house cafeteria are also a benefit in kind. The <strong>advantage of<\/strong> the non-cash benefit is that the employer supports its employees financially without the employee having to pay <strong>tax on<\/strong> it. The value of all benefits in kind added together may not exceed a <strong>certain amount<\/strong> per month. This amount usually changes annually.<\/p>\n<h2>Where is the connection to travel expense reporting here?<\/h2>\n<p>One might think that the<strong> tax-free lump sums<\/strong> are also benefits in kind. However, this is not the case. Prior to the 2014 travel expense reform, it was possible to pay tax on meals as a non-cash benefit instead of deducting them from the per diem meal allowance. This was more fiscally attractive for the employee. This procedure is no longer allowed today.<\/p>\n<p>However, in the case where an employee is traveling for less than 8 hours on business (i.e. is not entitled to additional meal expenses) and the employer provides a meal for him\/her, this is considered a benefit in kind. In this case, the non-cash benefit must be taxed within the employee&#8217;s <strong>payroll<\/strong>. These amounts also change every year.<\/p>\n<p>Spesenfuchs takes over both the decision whether a non-cash benefit has to be recognized or not for you quite automatically.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The topic of non-monetary compensation and travel expenses causes confusion time and again.<\/p>\n<p>Since the 2014 travel expenses reform, there has been a new, clear regulation for the connection between non-cash benefits and travel expenses, which we explain below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[535],"tags":[560],"class_list":["post-7952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal","tag-non-cash-benefit"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Non-cash compensation for travel expenses - 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