Lunch arrangement in the DTU Science Park
As a company in the DTU Science Park, you and your colleagues have the opportunity to sign up for our lunch arrangement, where delicious food is served in our canteens by Cheval Blanc.
This is how you sign up for our lunch arrangement
Contact one of our three receptions if you want to sign up for the lunch arrangement.
- Companies in Lyngby: Write to [email protected]
- Companies in Hørsholm: Write to [email protected] or [email protected]
Tax rules for lunch arrangements
Employers often choose to pay for the employees’ lunch, but you must be aware that there are applicable rules in relation to taxation if you choose this arrangement.
Employer paid lunch
If the employer pays for the employee’s lunch, this is a taxable benefit for the employee.
The employee must therefore pay tax on the employer’s cost of lunch.
Example: Price per lunch DKK 85 x 18.33 days = DKK 1,558.05, on which the employee must pay tax via the pay slip.
The employer has a cost of DKK 1,558.05.
Employer-paid lunch with self-payment (typically used)
However, the lunch is not taxable if the employee himself pays a subsidy for each meal of at least DKK 15 (DKK 20 if drinks other than tap water are served). If the lunch has a luxurious feel, the personal payment must reflect this, and the daily amount should then be set slightly higher.
The grant should take place as a fixed arrangement based on an annual number of working days of 220 days spread over 12 months.
220 days / 12 months = 18.33 days x DKK 15 = DKK 275 per month.
The amount can be deducted from the employee’s payslip after tax. If it can be documented that there are longer periods when the employee is not at work, the personal payment can be reduced accordingly.
The employer will have a monthly expense each month for the part of the lunch that exceeds the employee’s own payment.
Example: Price per lunch DKK 85 x 18.33 days = DKK 1,558.05 minus co-payment DKK 275 = DKK 1,283.05
Employee paid lunch
The employee can also pay for the lunch himself and thus be charged the actual price paid by the employer.
Cheval Blanc basically invoices each registered company.
This means that the employer himself must charge each employee for the actual number of lunches he or she has had in a month. There is thus no taxation of the employee and no cost for the employer (apart from the administrative).
If this solution is chosen, the employee can himself put money on his canteen card and pay directly with the card, so that the employer does not receive a charge from Cheval Blanc.
Get fresh and organic fruit delivered right to your company door
With DTU Science Park’s fruit scheme, you have the opportunity to have fresh, organic fruit delivered twice a week (Monday and Wednesday).
Price and delivery
- Organic fruit: DKK 6 per piece
- Organic milk: DKK 20 per litres
The prices are excl. VAT.
Delivery per once is DKK 150 and the minimum order is 20 pieces. fruit per walk.
