Bicycle allowance for everyone in private from May 1: Do you also get this if you go to work on a scooter or on foot? | MyGuide

Every employee in the private sector who commutes regularly to work is entitled to compensation from May 1. Trade unions and employers’ organizations decided this earlier this year at the National Labor Council (NAR).

Currently, about 15 percent of employees, for example in the banking sector or the tourism sector, are not yet eligible.

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Concretely, the price of the new CLA is around 0.27 euros per stage kilometer, an amount that will be indexed annually. The amount is limited to 40 km per day, but it can increase significantly.

Do you live 20 kilometers from work and cycle to the office every day of the week? After that, 40 kilometers a day can save you more than 200 euros per month. By the way, you get this amount in good hands: after all, the bicycle allowance is exempt from taxes and social security contributions of up to 0.27 euros per kilometer. The bicycle allowance is usually paid with the previous month’s salary.

Please note: These new regulations only apply if your employer does not have a collective labor agreement in relation to bicycle allowance. In sectors and companies that have already concluded a collective labor agreement on bicycle allowance, the same conditions continue to apply, even if the amount per kilometer is lower. This can only be reviewed when collective labor agreements are renegotiated.

Employers who grant a bicycle allowance on the basis of an individual employment contract or labor regulations – and therefore not within the framework of a collective labor agreement – fall under the supplementary agreement. If in doubt, it is best to check the circumstances with your employer.

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So this story is about trips with a regular bike, folding bike, electric bike or pedal bike. The bicycle allowance does not apply to scooters, skateboards, roller skates, skateboards, monowheels and bicycles. There is no compulsory intervention by the employer for these vehicles. Those who go to work on foot are also not compensated for this.

Anyone who falls while on the way to and from work is always covered from physical damage by the employer’s occupational accident insurance.

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It’s 100 percent tax-free, so you and your business owner don’t have to pay taxes on it. The only condition: this two-wheeler must be used on your commute. Although this does not have to be the case exclusively. Combination with private use has no tax impact.

In rainy weather, you can also perfectly ride a car instead of a bike. Your employer can also give you a bicycle allowance in addition to this benefit.

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