Over 70% of charging processes for electric and hybrid vehicles take place at home. For companies, this sounds straightforward at first – but in practice, it often means that employees collect receipts, send them to the HR department or fleet management, who then consolidate everything in Excel and manually check each invoice for plausibility.
The result is time-consuming, error-prone processes and avoidable costs. This can add up to as much as €500 in additional processing costs per vehicle per year. And this at a time when many companies are having to cut costs anyway.
Companies shy away from home charging because they fear the billing effort involved. However, this can be easily solved by §3 No. 50 EStG (German Income Tax Act): Companies can offer the home charging process tax-free and without limits for employees – via a platform that handles everything efficiently and digitally.
The NAVIT home charging solution: Simple, digital, and tax-compliant
With the NAVIT home charging solution, companies can digitize and automate the reimbursement of electricity costs for charging company cars at home. The solution is fully tax-compliant and can be flexibly adapted to company guidelines.
What the home charging solution can do
- Automated billing instead of manual receipt verification
- Tax-optimized reimbursement: flat rate or based on actual consumption
- Seamless integration into payroll accounting and fleet management
- Secure data storage for later audits
- Flexible combination with a charging card for on the go
Home charging with NAVIT is that easy
- Setting up the home charging solution: Employers can activate their employees for the home charging solution in the NAVIT portal.
- Upload your electricity contract for accurate reimbursement: Employees can upload their electricity contract in the NAVIT app to receive kWh-accurate reimbursement of their charging costs later.
- Charging at home: Employees charge their company cars at home using their own wallbox.
- Automated receipt verification: Employees upload their charging receipts monthly with a single click. NAVIT automatically checks the charging data and stores it in an audit-proof manner.
- Ready-made payroll file: At the end of the month, NAVIT creates a ready-made file for payroll accounting with all reimbursement amounts – tax-compliant and without manual effort.
Benefits for companies
- Up to 90% less administrative work
- 18 minutes saved per vehicle per month
- Savings of €280–500 in processing costs per vehicle per year
- Audit-proof data storage for tax audits
- Easy scaling to entire fleets
Advantages for employees
- Fast payment directly with your salary
- No paperwork or manual Excel spreadsheets
- Full cost transparency via the NAVIT app
- Can be combined with optional charging card for charging on the go
Practical example: How much companies can save
A company with a fleet of 500 electric company cars:
- Before NAVIT: 20 minutes of manual effort per vehicle per month = 250 person-days per year
- With NAVIT: 2 minutes per vehicle per month = 25 person-days per year
- Savings: 225 fewer person-days of administrative work and around 54,000 euros in process cost savings annually.
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What Employers Should Do Now
Here are 3 tips for implementing home charging efficiently:
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Use tax advantages: If employees charge their company car at home, the employer can reimburse the electricity costs tax-free under Section 3 No. 50 of the German Income Tax Act (EStG) — either as a monthly flat rate or based on the actual costs if supported by appropriate receipts. NAVIT supports both models.
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Unlock savings potential: Save around 18 minutes per employee or vehicle each month. Manual processes like collecting and checking receipts, consolidating data in Excel, or processing reimbursements through payroll take at least 20 minutes per employee monthly. NAVIT reduces administrative effort by 90% through digital and automated workflows. For a company with 500 employees, that’s a cost saving of at least €54,000 per year.
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Manage all mobility benefits on one platform: Deutschlandticket, bike leasing, mobility budget, and more – as employees’ mobility needs evolve, so do the expectations for integrated and sustainable corporate mobility. With NAVIT, all mobility benefits can be managed in one place — automated, integrated, and tax-compliant. This turns mobility into a measurable advantage for employers while reducing the workload for HR and fleet teams.
Discover NAVIT’s Home Charging Solution and book a consultation. We’re happy to advise you and answer your questions.
