In a press release published on March 9, Bercy announced the extension of the exceptional measures for the tax treatment of professional expenses on telework.
The extension of the exemption from the allowance for telework expenses has been confirmed by the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Recovery. Concretely: the exceptional measures for the tax treatment of professional expenses relating to teleworking will be extended.
Indeed, the health crisis due to Covid-19 has led many employees to work from home in 2021. “In order to take this exceptional situation into account and to facilitate the declaration of income for the year 2021”, the allowance for teleworking costs will again be exempted, Bercy then announced in a press release.
Reimbursements identified by the employer
This press release, published on March 9, indicates that “the allowances paid by the employer covering exclusively the costs of teleworking at home, excluding the current costs generally required for the exercise of the profession, (…) are exempt from income tax, within the limits of €2.50 per day, €55 per month and €580 per year”.
In principle, these reimbursements or allowances exempt from income tax are identified by the employer, remind our colleagues from RTL.
The employee can be sure of this when he declares his 2021 income. All he has to do is check the pre-filled amounts against his payslips. For employees who have opted for the deduction of professional expenses for their real and justified amount “the professional expenses incurred in respect of home teleworking may be deducted at a flat rate up to the same amounts, the taxpayer retaining the possibility of deducting them for their exact amount. if it is more favorable to him”.
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