I’m Estonian, travel compensation for your personal vehicle is tax-free if you use it FOR work. But compensation for going to work? Regular income and social taxes, so basically no employers do it.
And why would you, anyway? I know if I had an in person job with a commute compensation it’d incentivize me to move further away. Why live in the city if your company would pay you to commute an hour each way from the countryside and you don’t see your neighbours from your windows.
Some companies will pay for your bus pass though. That makes more sense as an employer than paying someone more to commute from further away lol
Yes this was my thinking. And in fact the salary reflects where in our country the role is so you could argue that the cost of commuting is baked in. Certainly in London it’s called “London weighting” where extra money is added to your salary.
Still, the original Op seems to in Belgium/NL so good result for him/her
I’m Estonian, travel compensation for your personal vehicle is tax-free if you use it FOR work. But compensation for going to work? Regular income and social taxes, so basically no employers do it.
And why would you, anyway? I know if I had an in person job with a commute compensation it’d incentivize me to move further away. Why live in the city if your company would pay you to commute an hour each way from the countryside and you don’t see your neighbours from your windows.
Some companies will pay for your bus pass though. That makes more sense as an employer than paying someone more to commute from further away lol
Yes this was my thinking. And in fact the salary reflects where in our country the role is so you could argue that the cost of commuting is baked in. Certainly in London it’s called “London weighting” where extra money is added to your salary.
Still, the original Op seems to in Belgium/NL so good result for him/her