Deduction for Transportation Cost of Employees
An undertaking may claim a deduction against its income equivalent to 150% of the employee transportation costs incurred in the relative year.
Amount
The deduction shall be the lower of:
- € 25,000 of the employee transportation costs incurred by the undertaking in the year preceding the year of assessment; or
- € 300 per employee whose transportation costs have been incurred by the undertaking in the year preceding the year of assessment
The employee transportation costs in respect of which a deduction is claimed under these rules may not benefit from any other deduction provided under the Act.
Validity
These rules shall apply in respect of transportation costs incurred for the transport of employees as from the year of assessment 2018. These rules shall remain in effect up to the year of assessment 2020.
How
The deduction available under these rules may only be availed of if the undertaking benefiting there under:
- maintains proper records of the employee transportation costs in respect of which the deduction is claimed;
- claims the deduction in its income tax return relative to the basis year in which the employee transportation costs were incurred;
- submits with its income tax return a declaration by a Certified Public Accountant confirming that the undertaking has correctly computed the said costs, in such manner as the Commissioner may require.
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