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Tax-exempt amounts for travel allowances

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

 Passenger car

43 cents /km

  • Raised for towing a trailer

7 cents / km

  • Raised if performance of the duties-at-hand requires towing a caravan attached to the car

11 cents / km

  • Raised if performance of duties requires towing a mobile canteen or other comparable heavy load attached to the car

21 cents / km

  • Raised for transporting machinery or other items in the car; weighing over 80 kilograms, or of large size

3 cents /km

  • Raised if performance of duties requires the employee to transport a dog in the car

3 cents /km

  • Raised for actual kilometers driven on forest roads or road construction sites closed to other traffic if performance of duties so requires.

9 cents / km

  • If other persons, for whose transport the employer is responsible, travel in a vehicle owned or held by the employee, the maximum allowance referred to in paragraph 1 is raised

3 cents / km by passenger

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

Motorboat

 up to 50 hp

78 cents / km

 

 more than 50 hp

113 cents / km

Snowmobile

106 cents / km

All-terrain quad bike

100 cents / km

Motorcycle

33 cents / km

Moped

17 cents / km

Other means of transport

10 cents / km

 

 

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 €

  • if travel time exceeds the last full day of travel at least 2 hours

18 €

  • if travel time exceeds the last full day of travel at least 6 hours

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.

 

For further information, please send an e-mail to info@kuljus.eu or call +358 (0) 503 220 600.

 

Sources:
Tax Administration www.vero.fi (In Finnish)

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