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Allowances for Additional Meal Expenses
Meal allowances can be provided to reimburse employees for meal costs incurred during work time. They cover business meals or meals during travel.
Allowances paid by employers for meal expenses are exempt from tax if they meet one of the two conditions below.
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| Employee forced to eat at the workplace | € 7,30 | € 7,10 |
| Employee traveling outside the company’s premises and cannot to their residence or place of work to eat | € 10,10 | € 9,90 |
Meal allowance and meal vouchers cannot be combined. If an employee receives meal vouchers, the employee cannot also claim a meal allowance from the employer.