Some employers pay their employees a corona bonus.
This bonus is tax-free.
So far, the regulation was limited to June 30, 2021 - which will apply after the extension.
Employees can get a tax-free * Corona bonus from their employer.
This regulation was initially limited to June 30, 2021.
For employees there was now the good news in May: The regulation was
extended until March 31, 2022
, as the wage tax aid association Vereinigte Lohnsteuerhilfe e.
V. (VLH) explains.
Tax-free corona bonus of up to 1,500 euros for employees
However, the maximum limit is still 1,500 euros
, as the German Press Agency (dpa) further describes.
In other words: Anyone who has already received 1,500 euros as a corona bonus from their employer in 2020 cannot receive another tax-free payment in 2021 or 2022.
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Corona bonus can be granted until 2022
But there is one possibility: If a company paid its employees a corona bonus of 1,000 euros in 2020, a bonus of 500 euros could now be granted until March 31, 2022, according to the dpa report.
If no corona bonus was granted in 2020
, the maximum amount may
be used by
March 31, 2022
.
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Corona bonus of up to 1,500 euros for every employment relationship
Important: If you have
several employment relationships
, you can receive the corona bonus of up to 1,500 euros for each employment relationship - even within a calendar year.
And another tip:
If the bonus is paid in kind, the employee should confirm the time of receipt in writing, as the report also says.
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