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The Decision Of The Tax Administration, Tax Free Travel Reimbursement In 2016

Original Language Title: Verohallinnon päätös verovapaista matkakustannusten korvauksista vuonna 2016

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Tax administration decision on tax-free travel expenses in 2016

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Tax administration is the income tax law (1535/1992) And Article 75 (2), as referred to in Article 73 (1) and Article 75 (2) of the Law No 504/2010, as amended by Law No 1246/2013, decided:

ARTICLE 1

The criteria and amounts for the reimbursement of travel expenses, which are exempt from tax in 2016, are set out below in this Decision.

ARTICLE 2

Travel costs are borne by the taxable person in Finland or abroad.

ARTICLE 3

For the purposes of the work, the journey means that the employee temporarily carries out his duties in order to carry out his duties in a particular place of work outside the workplace itself. In the absence of a real job as a result of the nature of the work, the duty shall be regarded as commuting to a worker on a temporary basis in order to carry out the work in a special place of employment.

A work trip shall also be carried out on the site of work if:

(1) the place of employment is located outside the place of business of the employer or of the entity which is in the same interest;

(2) work is temporary within the meaning of Article 72a;

(3) the place of work is situated more than 100 km from the residence of the taxable person; and

(4) In view of the distance travelled to the place of work, the taxable person is staying at the temporary accommodation necessary for the location of the place of employment.

The journey does not include the distance between the employee's dwelling and the actual place of work, nor the weekend and other similar journeys made during the period of secondment between the dwelling and the special place of employment.

In the case of sectors in which a particular place of employment is subject to a short-term change in the work of the sector, it shall be considered that a journey between a place of residence and a special place of employment shall be kept for the purposes of Articles 7, 8 and 9; Travel costs as a right to reimbursement if the employee does not have a real job. However, the beneficiary shall also be entitled to the allowance provided for in Article 14 if he does not have the opportunity to organise an occupational activity organised by the employer in a particular place of work or in the immediate vicinity.

§ 4

The journey which the employee, other than those referred to in Article 3 (1) and (2), does for the purpose of carrying out his duties on a subsidiary basis shall be regarded only for the reimbursement of travel costs under Articles 7, 8 and 9 and Article 16; On the issue of accommodation allowance. 'Secondary workplace' means the permanent establishment of an employer or a community of the same interests, situated in another locality or in a State other than that of the worker; A real job.

The travel costs referred to in paragraph 1 shall not be regarded as eligible for travel between a separate place of accommodation and secondary employment due to the location of the secondary job.

§ 5

The actual workplace is the place where the employee is permanently employed. If, in the case of worker mobility, there is no place where he or she is habitually employed, the place where he applies for employment is regarded as the place where he applies for work orders, maintains his/her employment, work equipment or working materials, or other work For the purposes of doing so.

ARTICLE 6

For the duration of the journey, a period of up to 24 hours shall be defined as the start of an employed person on a business trip to the place of work or residence. The travel period ends when an employee returns from a business trip to his or her place of work or residence.

§ 7

The reimbursement of commuting costs shall mean compensation for travel, place and berth trees and other essential travel fees compared to actual travel.

The reimbursement of travel costs shall also include compensation for the carriage of work equipment and other articles which the employee has to carry with him.

§ 8

The maximum amount of the allowance for the cost of travel by a means other than that of a means of transport which is not owned or controlled by a means of transport shall be the amount corresponding to the operator's voucher or any other reliable explanation, Of which the payee indicates that the travel costs have been incurred.

§ 9

The maximum amounts of compensation for travel costs incurred by a means of travelling by means of a means of transport by means of a means of transport by means of a means of transport shall be:

Corner advice Maximum compensation
Car 43 cents per kilometre, increased
-7 cents per kilometre for carrying a trailer attached to the car
-11 cents per kilometre when the performance of the work requires the carriage of a caravan while attached to the car
-21 cents per kilometre when the performance of the job requires the carriage of a break or equivalent heavy load affixed to the vehicle;
-3 cents per km of machinery or other articles in a vehicle with a weight exceeding 80 kilograms or of a size;
-3 cents per kilometre if, for the purposes of his work, the employee carries a dog in the car;
-9 cents per kilometre when the performance of the job requires movement by car on a road or other road construction site in a closed road, for those kilometres;
Motorboat, not more than 50 ohim 74 cents per kilometre
Motorboat, more than 50 108 cents per kilometre
Snowmobile 102 cents per kilometre
Rover 96 cents per kilometre
Motorcycle 32 cents per kilometre
Moped 17 cents per kilometre
Other transport 10 cents per kilometre

If a means of transport owned or controlled by an employee is accompanied by other persons whose transport is for the employer, the maximum amounts of compensation referred to in paragraph 1 shall be increased by 3 cents per kilometre for each accompanying person. Per person.

If a payee who holds a car advantage within the meaning of the decision on the basis of the calculation of the tax benefits in the tax administration, uses such a car for the purpose of carrying out his work and pays the costs of the journey itself, The maximum fuel costs are 11 cents per kilometre.

ARTICLE 10

Daily money means compensation for a reasonable increase in the cost of food and other living expenses incurred by the employee during the work. No allowance shall be made for travel or accommodation.

ARTICLE 11

In order to carry out the daily subsistence allowance, the special place of employment is within 15 km radius of either the employee's actual job or the apartment, depending on which journey has been made. In addition, a special place of work must be within a distance of more than 5 km from both the actual place of work and the apartment.

ARTICLE 12

Depending on the duration of the journey, the maximum daily allowance shall be:

Duration of the working trip Maximum daily allowance euro
More than 6 hours (partial daily allowance) 19
Over 10 hours (full-time) 40
When the time spent on the journey exceeds the last full travel day
-at least 2 hours 19
-over 6 hours 40

If the employee receives a free or ticket price during a journey, the maximum daily subsistence allowance shall be half of the amounts referred to in paragraph 1. For the purposes of the question of full-time money, the term "food" means two free meals and one free meal.

ARTICLE 13

The maximum daily subsistence allowances for a working trip abroad are:

Country or region Maximum daily allowance euro
Afghanistan 55
Netherlands 65
Albania 52
Algeria 64
Andorra 58
Angola 95
Antigua and Barbuda 74
United Arab Emirates 71
Argentina 47
Armenia 52
Aruba 54
Australia 63
Azerbaijan 65
Azores 59
The Bahamas 75
Bahrain 71
Bangladesh 55
Barbados 65
Belgium 61
Belize 47
Benin 43
Bermuda 74
Bhutan 41
Bolivia 38
Bosnia and Herzegovina 50
Botswana 40
Brazil 55
Britain 70
London and Edinburgh 74
Brunei 40
Bulgaria 51
Burkina Faso 38
Burundi 47
Chile 49
Cook Islands 62
Costa Rica 55
Curaçao 49
Djibouti 64
Dominica 54
Dominican Republic 59
Ecuador 57
Egypt 57
El Salvador 49
Eritrea 53
Spain 62
South Africa 45
South Sudan 54
Ethiopia 49
Fiji Islands 44
Philippines 59
Faroe Islands 53
Gabon 74
Gambia. 40
Georgia 45
Ghana 44
Grenada 63
Greenland 54
Guadeloupe 50
Guatemala 54
Guinea 59
Guinea-Bissau 35
Guyana 42
Haiti 51
Honduras 45
Indonesia 44
India 47
Iraq 65
Iran 49
Ireland 66
Iceland 68
Israel 74
Italy 64
East Timor 45
Austria 62
Jamaica 54
Japan 71
Yemen 65
Jordan 74
On Cambodia 53
Cameroon 49
Canada 64
Canary Islands 60
Cape Verde 42
Kazakhstan 52
Kenya 58
Central African Republic 53
China 68
Hong Kong 70
Macao 66
Kyrgyzstan 45
Colombia 50
Comoros 43
Congo (Congo Brazzaville) 51
Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa) 70
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) 66
Republic of Korea (South Korea) 79
Kosovo 45
Greece 59
Croatia 60
Cuba 58
Kuwait 68
Cyprus 60
Laos 50
Latvia 50
Lesotho 34
Lebanon 69
Liberia 56
Libya 63
Liechtenstein 70
Lithuania 48
Luxembourg 64
Madagascar 36
Madeira 58
Macedonia 51
Malawi 50
Maldives 62
Malaysia 47
Mali 41
Malta 62
Morocco 63
Marshall Islands 61
Martinique 52
Mauritania 52
Mauritius 51
Mexico 54
Micronesia 55
Moldova 40
Monaco 68
Mongolia 46
Montenegro 52
Mozambique 44
Myanmar (Burma) 51
Namibia 34
Virgin Islands (USA) 48
Nepal 40
Nicaragua 45
Niger 44
Nigeria 79
Norway 68
Côte d' Ivoire 71
Your 66
Pakistan 39
Palau 64
Palestinian territory 66
Panama 56
Papua New Guinea 60
Paraguay 34
Peru 58
Portugal 60
Puerto Rico 57
Poland 56
Qatar 70
France 66
Romania 54
Rwanda 42
Sweden 63
Saint Kitts and Nevis 65
Saint Lucia 74
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70
Germany 61
Solomon Islands 50
Zambia 59
Samoa 49
San Marino 57
São Tomé and Príncipe 61
Saudi Arabia 68
Senegal 48
Serbia 55
Seychelles 70
Sierra Leone 58
Singapore 67
Slovakia 57
Slovenia 57
Somalia 56
Sri Lanka 47
Sudan 61
Suriname 54
Swaziland 35
Switzerland 76
Syria 63
Tajikistan 47
Taiwan 60
Tanzania 43
Denmark 68
Thailand 56
Togo 48
Tonga 44
Trinidad and Tobago 71
Chad 53
Czech Republic 55
Tunisia 57
Turkey 52
Istanbul 54
Turkmenistan 60
Uganda 35
Ukraine 53
Hungary 54
Uruguay 50
New Zealand 60
Uzbekistan 53
Belarus 43
Vanuatu 55
Venezuela 90
Russia 50
Moscow 62
Saint Petersburg 57
Vietnam 55
Estonia 51
United States 67
New York, Los Angeles, Washington 73
Zimbabwe 49
Country not specifically mentioned 45

The daily allowance is calculated on a daily basis. 24 hours after the start of the journey or the end of the previous day.

The maximum daily allowance shall be determined by the country or region where the journey time abroad ends. If the journey ends on a ship or on a plane, the daily allowance shall be determined by the country or territory from which the ship or aircraft has last left or to which it arrives at departure when leaving Finland.

When returning to Finland, the wage earner shall have the right to half an expiration allowance paid for the last 24-hour period, if the time spent on the journey crosses the last foreign territory or the ship which has left it, or 24 hours a day for more than two hours.

If the time spent on the journey exceeds the last 24 hours of travelling time on a ship or a ship which has left the last foreign territory or on board an aeroplane, the payee shall have the right to pay for the last 24 hours. The foreign daily allowance. According to Article 12, the maximum daily allowance to be paid to the country of origin after return to the country of origin is determined by Article 12.

The beneficiary shall be entitled to the daily allowance fixed for the country in question if the service abroad has lasted at least 10 hours. If the total time spent on the journey is less than 10 hours, the daily allowance shall be made in accordance with the provisions and quantities of domestic journeys.

If a person has received a free ticket or a ticket, or a hotel room price, the daily allowance shall be paid at a reduced rate of 50 %. The term "food" refers to two free meals on the question of the foreign daily allowance.

Where the work is carried out outside the territory of Finland in such a way that the work is carried out in exceptional circumstances in the case of an employer in Finland, and the employee returns to the territory of Finland for the night, and the daily subsistence allowance in accordance with Article 12 shall be carried out, By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the maximum amount payable shall be EUR 18.

ARTICLE 14

The payment of a meal allowance shall be conditional on the fact that the working distance is not paid for the daily subsistence allowance and that, as a result of the work, the employee is not allowed to dine during the break-in during the normal meal. The maximum amount of the allowance shall be EUR 10,00.

If, on a business trip, the employee is obliged to eat two times outside his usual place of residence and no daily allowance is paid, the maximum amount of the allowance is eur 20.00.

§ 15

The maximum amount of the accommodation allowance to be paid in addition to the daily allowance shall be the amount of the voucher provided by the tourist accommodation or any other reliable explanation.

ARTICLE 16

The maximum amount of accommodation allowance to be paid for a trip to the secondary workplace shall be the amount corresponding to the voucher provided by the tourist accommodation or a reasonable amount based on other reliable information.

§ 17

In order to conduct a night travel allowance, at least 4 hours a day of travel from the day of travel to the daily subsistence allowance is at least 4 hours between 9 a.m. and 7 00 hours, and that the employer does not arrange for the payment of accommodation or for the payment of an accommodation allowance, or Compensation for the sleeping place. The maximum amount of overnight travel is eur 12.

ARTICLE 18

As far as the reimbursement of travel costs is concerned, the law applicable to taxable persons receiving sea labour shall be subject to the compensation provided for in the law.

§ 19

This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2016. This Decision shall apply to or part of the work carried out in 2016.