In short, benefit in kind is a benefit that a company or employer grants to an employee. Examples are a company car or a fuel card. These benefits are regarded as professional income, so one has to pay taxes on this. Taxes are paid on the amount corresponding to the value of the benefit in kind. The MAES fuel card is eligible for this. Although there is still a difference in the calculation of whether or not you receive a company car with the fuel card.
For a fuel card with a company car, the benefit in kind is calculated based on the catalog value and the CO2 emissions of the car. How much you fill up does not matter here: the withholding tax and social security contributions remain the same.
With a fuel card without a company car, the tax authorities will look at the actual use. In that case, the benefit to be declared is equal to the cost price of the fuel that is refueled by the employee. As a result, a fuel card without a company car is less interesting from a tax point of view than a fuel card with a company car.
On the MAES site, you can find a lot of important information around fuel cards. Use the links below to navigate quickly and easily to the page you want!
Yes it is! Both the application, invoicing (twice a month) and use of the online module are completely free! There are no hidden costs, no small print and no minimum purchase. Note! The MAES Hybrid Card does have a small cost of just 1 euro per month and a low transaction cost of 0.50 euro.
You can easily make the request via our website, where you can also specify the desired number of cards.
You can easily block a fuel card yourself via our portal or simply via e-mail.
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