The beneficial tax treatment concerning meal tickets remains unchanged

The legislature concerning meal tickets remains unchanged and the employers may still count 55% of a meal’s price (a meal ticket’s value) towards the total costs. The maximum chargeable amount of a meal ticket reaches CZK 48, 30.

The meal ticket ranks number one among the employees’ benefits.

The popularity of meal tickets has been proven e.g. in the TNS AISA research claiming that the meal tickets belong to the most popular form of non-financial rewarding. 90 % employees consider them to be the most favourite benefit. What the employees especially like about meal tickets is the freedom to choose the catering establishment and the saving of catering costs. The meal tickets often motivate them to take time for lunch and eat a warm meal.

The employees highly appreciate the advantages of meal tickets because according to the research of the Czech Economic Chamber up to 70 % of employees consider meal tickets to be an effective way of increasing employees’ satisfaction. Their contentment leads to higher productivity of work and reinforce their fellow feeling with the company.

For restaurants meal tickets are a significant source of revenues during lunchtime.