Sport πŸ€ β›· costs and taxation

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An employer has a right to compensate an employee or a member of the board sports expenses (such as e.g. dance classes, yoga, swimming pool, public sport events etc) in the amount of 100 euros per quarter per person or 400.- per year without paying additional taxes.

Instead of sports, employer can compensate private insurance.

In addition to sports and insurance, there is a possibility to pay for the services of a physiotherapist, speech therapist, psychologist (appropriate certificate needed in theirs case). A complete list of tax-free services is specified in the income tax law (TuMS Β§ 48 lg 5.5).

Important:

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βœ… All employees should be entitled to benefits, not selectively
βœ… accounting must be kept for each employee separately

βœ… VAT cannot be deducted
βœ… it is important to have an invoice/check for the service used.
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If there are many employees in the company, then convenient accounting is provided, for example, by the Stebby system (former Sport ID).

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Once a year (by February of the next year), a declaration of such expenses must be submitted to INF 14, Part III. Such costs do not involve additional taxes.