CNV argues for higher mileage reimbursement and collective labor agreement improvement

The CNV once again repeats the appeal it made recently: the union wants the tax-free travel allowance to be increased. The fact that it is raising this again has to do with worrying messages that reach the CNV: “We receive dozens of reports from members for whom traveling to work has become unaffordable. This is expected to remain the case after April 1. increase the tax-free tax exemption,” says CNV chairman Piet Fortuin.

According to the CNV, the tax-free allowance of 19 eurocents per kilometer that was introduced in 2006 is no longer possible: “For years, that 19 cents has not been sufficient, but now certainly no longer. The cabinet does not want to arrange the exemption until 2024, but we want this already going in. You go to work to make money, not to pay money.” In addition, the CNV is advocating a better arrangement for travel expenses in collective labor agreements. “We are talking to members who receive only 8 cents reimbursement, with a maximum of 30 kilometers. Or people who receive nothing at all. This group of workers should in any case receive the current tax exemption, 19 cents.”

The call comes almost simultaneously with the results of a study that HR service provider Visma Raet conducted into travel allowance. This shows, among other things, that one in five employees fears financial problems if the employer does not increase the travel allowance to compensate for the sharply increased fuel costs.