How early May reported financial times Germany (FTD) the Finance Ministry wants to simplify the taxation of business trips. The Finance Ministry wants to simplify the taxation of business trips. This involves in particular the arrangements of the travel to the workplace, to Auswartstatigkeit, and to the overhead of the food. It aims to reduce also bureaucracy and costs for companies. This involves in particular the arrangements of the travel to the workplace, to Auswartstatigkeit, and to the overhead of the food. Goal of the changes is to reduce also bureaucracy and costs for companies.
So far, 150 million business trips of German companies per year cost of well over 40 billion euros. The demarcation between the tax-free reimbursement of travel expenses of the employer on the one hand and the private journeys between home and work on the other side is considered to be too complicated. These regulations are to be simplified. Also the tax rules for the official Auswartstatigkeit and the Double housekeeping should be made simpler. A group of experts preparing suggestions for improvement. This will come at the earliest early next year into force according to FTD.