Field help: (2024) Reductions due to meals provided

If you received free meals from your employer (e.g. at a hotel or on business trips), the meal allowance must be reduced – even if you did not eat the meal.

• Breakfast: 5.60 Euro (20% of 28 Euro)
• Lunch or dinner: 11.20 Euro each (40%)
• Also applies to meals on planes, in hotels, on trains, etc.
• Snacks (e.g. cereal bars, nibbles) are not considered meals.
• If you paid for part of the meal yourself, the reduction amount may be adjusted accordingly.