Tax-free Corona bonus: The regulation is still valid until March 2022

Created: 01/28/2022, 10:15 am

By: Anne Hund

The Corona bonus is tax-free until March 31, 2022.

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Employers can pay their employees a bonus of up to 1,500 euros tax- and social security-free or grant it as benefits in kind. 

Employers can voluntarily pay their employees a

- free

or grant them as benefits in kind.

The special benefits that employees receive

are recorded, according to the taxpayers' association of the German Press Agency (dpa).

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Tax-free Corona bonus until March 2022 

If such an

, it should be granted to them as soon as possible.

Because

contributions will be due again, as dpa reported in December.

"If the Corona bonus is not credited to the employee's account until April 2022, the tax exemption no longer applies," the wage tax aid association United Payroll Tax Aid (VLH) also informed on its website.

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Extra bonus must not replace wages

An important prerequisite for the

is that it is granted in addition to the wages that are already owed. In other words: the paid

. If the employer wanted to pay a higher amount, employees would have to pay tax on the difference, according to the portal

Anyone who 

 relationships can receive the Corona bonus of up to 1,500 euros for each employment relationship - even within a calendar year, as the VLH had also informed.

If the bonus is paid in kind, the employee should confirm in writing the time of receipt.