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Meal costs
Meal Reimbursements as of September 1, 2022: Increase in Exemption Limits
Publié le null - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
In an order of 24 October 2022, the ceiling for exemption from social contributions of meal allowances paid to employees on mission was increased by 4% to 1%er September 2022. This was reflected in the 2022 Amending Budget Law of 16 August 2022.
At 1er in september 2022, the limits on exemption from social contributions in respect of meal allowances paid by the employer to employees were increased by 4 %.
These exemption ceilings now amount to:
- €20.20 (instead of €19.40) for the meal allowance of the employee who is forced to eat in a restaurant (compensates for the extra meal expenses of the employee on business travel and prevented from reaching his residence or usual place of work);
- €7.10 (instead of €6.80) for the catering allowance at the workplace (compensates for additional expenses for catering at the workplace caused by special organizational conditions or working hours);
- €9.90 (instead of €9.50) for the company's off-premises snack allowance (compensates for the extra expenses of restoring the employee on the move or on a construction site, not being able to reach his residence or workplace for the meal and not being forced to eat at the restaurant).