Here’s if the employer has to pay you money for transportation

Employers in Serbia, according to the Labor Law, are obliged to reimburse employees for money for transportation, that is, costs of arrival and departure from work.

On the other hand, it should be borne in mind that during the period of work from home, regardless of whether the reason is the corona virus or something else, the worker is not entitled to receive money for transportation.

According to the lawyer, the Labor Law stipulates that the employee is entitled to reimbursement for the costs of arrival and departure from work in the amount of the price of a transportation ticket on public transportation, if the employer has not provided his own transportation.

In practice, the price of a monthly ticket is usually paid, which depends on the city and the route the employee travels. However, the reimbursement of transportation costs can be regulated in other ways. For example, an employer may buy employees a monthly subscription ticket, provide their own transportation, or provide transportation to and from work.

If a worker comes to work on his car, there is the possibility that the employer will reimburse him for the price of gasoline, but as long as this is resolved through a collective agreement, which, by the way, usually prescribes this option that the worker has right to 30 percent of the price of gasoline.

Many workers, who due to the pandemic worked remotely, expected that during this period, when they do their job completely without going to work, they would receive money for a monthly stamp for transportation, that is, travel, this did not happen.

That is, according to the lawyer, if the employee works from home, he will not be entitled to compensation for transportation costs because he will not be working at the employer’s business premises. This will also be the case if the employee does not come to work for some other reason, such as sick leave, vacation, etc.

Modifications to the Personal Income Tax Law as of December 2019, as long as the reimbursement of transportation costs is documented, so workers should have a tax invoice from the kiosk on the paid public transportation ticket or fuel bill if they came to work on your car. .

However, on June 3 of this year, the Ministry of Finance issued a recommendation that the cost of transportation that is not documented with an appropriate credible accounting document be recognized as an expense in the fiscal balance, in accordance with the Tax Law. on Companies. In reality, this means that companies will no longer have to justify the costs of transporting workers to work with the bills of a ticket in public transport or fuel, to exercise the right not to pay taxes, regardless of the way in which come to work.

(Kurir.rs/Blic)

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