Did you already know? - Tax-free vouchers paid in kind

The problem with special payments and other gifts is the tax authorities. There are many pitfalls lurking here for both companies and employees. After all, numerous regulations, maximum limits and other regulations must be observed so that there are no problems with the tax office, which also wants to take a share of the cake. However, you can send your employees a gift using the so-called tax-free payment in kind.

According to Section 8 (2) sentence 11 EStG, this is exempt from taxes and social security contributions. In any case, as long as the amount is a maximum of 44 euros per month and the payment is made in kind. Vouchers for a local restaurant, a city card for shopping in the regional shopping center or other vouchers you have chosen are ideal here.

The problem with vouchers

The reason why many companies shy away from using a voucher system for employees as a motivational mechanism is simple: It is due to bureaucracy and high administrative costs. Because: How should employees receive their vouchers regularly? How must contact details be collected? How do employee vouchers reach my employees? And how can such a system be implemented with several hundred employees?

As you can see, such a system can take a lot of time, which can be used more productively elsewhere. However, this is where the advantage of awiti 5 comes in, especially since our system gives you three options to send your employees their monthly thank you.

Conveniently manage vouchers for employees

With Awiti 5, you benefit from three options for distributing vouchers via a benefit in kind. To do this, simply upload an Excel sheet or a CSV file with the corresponding employee data to the system. As a result, this automatically recognizes how you can send the respective employee their voucher. It doesn't matter whether you create such a file for 20, 100 or 1,000 employees. Our system is therefore suitable for small and medium-sized companies as well as for companies with several thousand employees. Once the file is stored with Awiti 5, the system automatically recognizes how to send each employee their voucher at best:

1. If an employee already has an account stored with awiti 5, the system automatically sends the payment in kind to this account. There, the payment in kind is deposited directly in the form of a credit, e.g. for a municipal gift card, and can be used immediately.
2. In the event that an employee is not yet stored in the system, the algorithm recognizes a stored email address, for example. In this case, vouchers for employees can be sent to the appropriate e-mail address at the click of a mouse or automatically, as a PDF file.
3. And even if you do not have a valid e-mail address for your employees, the voucher can be sent. If there is no email address, the system queries the postal address. If a valid postal address is stored, employee vouchers will reach your employees by traditional mail. And that even without time-consuming phone calls to issuing voucher offices.
   

Fully automated voucher delivery with awiti 5

With awiti 5, you benefit from fully automated voucher delivery that works in three ways. This means you don't have to worry anymore and save yourself a lot of time and effort. It is precisely this effort that has prevented many companies from introducing a voucher system so far. With Awiti 5, this obstacle is finally removed. Would you like to learn more about the numerous benefits and other options of awiti 5? Then get in touch with us today and get individual advice!