The Finnish Tax Administration has published it’s decision on the tax-exempt travel allowances on 02.01.2014.
The decision covers among other topics the tax-exempt maximum amounts of per diems, meal allowances and kilometer allowances.
The kilometer allowance is 43 cents per km for the year 2014.
Employee’s* tax-exempt allowances for business travel in 2014
Allowance using a means of transport owned or held by employee |
Maximum allowance amounts per Km |
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Passenger car |
43 cents /km |
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7 cents / km |
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11 cents / km |
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21 cents / km |
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3 cents /km |
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3 cents /km |
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9 cents / km |
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3 cents / km by passenger |
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If an employee, enjoying the company car benefit known as the limited benefit (käyttöetu) uses the company car for business travel and pays the fuel he is entitled to a kilometer allowance |
13 cents / km |
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Motorboat |
up to 50 hp |
78 cents / km |
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more than 50 hp |
113 cents / km |
Snowmobile |
106 cents / km |
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All-terrain quad bike |
100 cents / km |
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Motorcycle |
33 cents / km |
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Moped |
17 cents / km |
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Other means of transport |
10 cents / km
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Per diem, i.e. daily allowance** |
Maximum allowance amounts |
Business trip in Finland, duration more than 6 hours and up to 10 hours (partial amount) |
18 € |
Business trip in Finland, duration more than 10 hours (full amount) |
39 € |
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18 € |
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39 € |
Meal allowance can only be paid if no per diem is being paid, and the work assignment prevents the employee from having a meal at his normal eating-place during his meal break |
9,75 € |
Meal allowance, if the employee has to have two meals at a place other than his normal eating-place during a business trip and no per diem is being paid |
19,50 € |
Per diems payable for business travel outside Finland |
Finnish Tax Administration’s Decision on 2014 Tax-Exempt Travel Allowances |
An allowance for night travel is payable only if at least 4 hours (during a day of travel for which the employee is entitled to a per diem) are between the hours of 09:00 PM and 07:00 AM and if the employer does not arrange any free accommodation for the employee or pay him allowance for accommodation or for a sleeping car berth |
12 € |
* Employee or entrepreneur, who receives a salary. A private entrepreneur (Tmi) cannot pay himself/herself a salary and thus the current compensations do not concern private entrepreneurs.
** The entrepreneurs have similar monetary amounts, time and distance limits for the tax deductible business costs related to business travel as employees.
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Sources:
Tax Administration www.vero.fi (In Finnish)