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New per diem rates for business travel – posting in 2022

New per diem rates are now in force. The Regulation of the Minister of Family and Social Policy amending the regulation on the entitlements of employees employed in state or local government budgetary units in respect of business travel entered into force on 28 July of this year. It increases the previous per diem rates for domestic business travel. Further changes, including those concerning foreign travel, are just around the corner.

Who is obliged to pay per diems?

Employers outside the public finance sector may independently determine the conditions for the payment of per diems and other entitlements related to business travel within the country and abroad by means of collective labour agreements, remuneration regulations or employment contracts (Article 775 § 3 of the Labour Code). Regulations in force at a given employer may provide for different conditions for the reimbursement of business travel expenses (e.g. per diems) than those laid down in the regulation specifying the amounts of entitlements for public sector employees, provided that such conditions are not less favourable than those set for public sector employees.

If, however, the collective labour agreement, remuneration regulations or employment contract do not contain such provisions, the employee is entitled – pursuant to Article 775 § 5 of the Labour Code – to reimbursement of business travel expenses in accordance with the provisions of the regulation.

Accordingly, the changes discussed affect not only the amount of entitlements for public sector employees on business travel, but also the minimum entitlements that employers are obliged to provide to employees outside the public finance sector.

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New per diem rates and other business travel entitlements

The domestic business travel per diem has been increased by PLN 8, to PLN 38. Accordingly, the flat-rate reimbursement for local public transport, which constitutes 20% of the per diem, will be PLN 7.60 (previously PLN 6), and the flat-rate reimbursement for overnight accommodation, constituting 150% of the per diem, will be PLN 57 (previously PLN 45). Reimbursement of documented overnight costs will be made in the amount indicated on the invoice, but not exceeding twenty times the per diem for one hotel night, i.e. up to PLN 760 (previously PLN 600).

Changes to the amount of per diems for business travel are also linked to tax exemptions. According to separate regulations, per diems and other entitlements for the time of business travel:

– are exempt from income tax (Article 21(1)(16)(a) of the Personal Income Tax Act of 26 July 1991 – Journal of Laws of 2021, item 1128, as amended),

– are not included in the basis for calculating pension and disability insurance contributions (§ 2(1)(15) of the Regulation of the Minister of Labour and Social Policy of 18 December 1998 on detailed rules for determining the basis for pension and disability insurance contributions – Journal of Laws of 2017, item 1949, as amended),

up to the amount specified in separate laws or in regulations issued by the minister responsible for labour concerning the amount and conditions for determining entitlements for employees employed in state or local government budgetary units for business travel within the country and abroad.

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Further per diem increases from next year – including for foreign business travel

On 28 July of this year, another draft amendment to the per diem regulation was submitted. The draft provides for an increase, from 1 January 2023, of the domestic business travel per diem rate to PLN 45 per day. Moreover, from next year, the per diem and accommodation limits for foreign travel will also change for individual countries. The new rates are set out in the following table included in the draft:

 

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No. Country Currency Per diem amount Accommodation limit
1 Afghanistan EUR 47 140
2 Albania EUR 41 120
3 Algeria EUR 50 200
4 Andorra EUR 50 200
5 Angola USD 61 180
6 Saudi Arabia EUR 50 200
7 Argentina USD 50 150
8 Armenia EUR 42 145
9 Australia AUD 95 270
10 Austria EUR 57 150
11 Azerbaijan EUR 43 150
12 Bangladesh USD 50 120
13 Belgium EUR 55 200
14 Belarus EUR 42 130
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina EUR 41 100
16 Brazil EUR 43 120
17 Bulgaria EUR 40 120
18 Chile USD 60 120
19 China EUR 55 170
20 Croatia EUR 42 125
21 Cyprus EUR 43 160
22 Czech Republic EUR 41 120
23 Denmark DKK 446 1 430
24 Egypt USD 55 150
25 Ecuador USD 44 110
26 Estonia EUR 45 110
27 Ethiopia USD 55 300
28 Finland EUR 53 180
29 France EUR 55 200
30 Greece EUR 50 160
31 Georgia EUR 48 160
32 Spain EUR 50 200
33 India EUR 42 210
34 Indonesia EUR 41 110
35 Iraq USD 60 120
36 Iran EUR 41 95
37 Ireland EUR 52 160
38 Iceland EUR 56 160
39 Israel EUR 70 200
40 Japan JPY 7 532 22 000
92 Syria USD 50 150
93 Switzerland CHF 88 220
94 Sweden SEK 510 2 000
95 Tajikistan EUR 41 140
96 Thailand USD 42 110
97 Tanzania USD 53 150
98 Tunisia  EUR 37 100
99 Turkey USD 53 185
100 Turkmenistan EUR 47 90
101 Ukraine EUR 41 180
102 Uruguay USD 50 80
103 Uzbekistan EUR 41 140
104 Vatican EUR 53 192
105 Venezuela USD 60 220
106 Hungary EUR 44 143
107 United Kingdom GBP 45 220
108 Vietnam USD 53 160
109 Italy EUR 53 192
110 Ivory Coast EUR 33 100
111 Zimbabwe EUR 39 90
112 United Arab Emirates EUR 43 220
113 Countries other than those listed in items 1–112 EUR 41 140