Find out how you can offer your employees the 49-Euro-Ticket as a job ticket and how you can combine the Deutschlandticket with a flexible mobility budget to provide your employees with all mobility options.
For a long time, the job ticket was considered a popular corporate benefit for companies that want to offer their employees a tax-free and cost-effective alternative to the company car and position themselves as an environmentally conscious employer. Nevertheless, the Jobticket is also associated with rigid minimum purchase quantities and time-consuming contract negotiations with the transport associations.
With the introduction of the new Deutschlandticket in May 2023, there now seems to be a more flexible and attractive solution for employee mobility.
We have summarized the most important facts about the Deutschlandticket for you and explain how you can offer the 49-euro ticket as a job ticket for your employees. We also show you how to combine the Deutschlandticket with a flexible mobility budget to make your company stand out and give your employees maximum flexibility for their mobility.
The Deutschlandticket is the successor to the successful 9 Euro ticket, which was offered nationwide in the summer months June, July and August of 2022 in response to rising energy costs. The novelty of this product: With a single ticket, travelers could use all of Germany's local public transport without fare and geographical limits. For example: if you purchase the 49 Euro Deutschlandticket with one public transport operator in Berlin you can use that ticket on any public transport in Hamburg or Munich.
The Deutschlandticket is valid on all local public transport service since May 1st, 2023. Through NAVIT, the ticket can also be purchased through our mobility platform.
The Deutschlandticket has cost 49 euros per month since its introduction. According to the German government, a monthly price of 49 euros is still planned for 2024. However, the Deutschlandticket is to cost 58 euros per month from next year. The transport ministers of the federal states have agreed on 23 September 2024 on an increase of nine euros from January 1, 2025.
In principle, the federal states can decide for themselves at what price the Deutschlandticket is available. In some federal states and transport associations, there are therefore also discounts for certain groups of people such as pensioners, welfare recipients or students, which are not available nationwide with the Deutschlandticket. For example, students in some regions can upgrade their semester ticket to a Deutschlandticket by making an additional payment.
For more information on this, we recommend contacting your local transport authorities.
At a current price of 49 euros per month, the ticket is much cheaper than many other season tickets in major German cities. Also with the new ticket price of 58 Euro starting in 2025, the Deutschlandticket will be more affordable than most local monthly passes. In addition, it is not only valid within the respective transport association, but throughout Germany. This means that if you buy the Deutschlandticket from Hamburger Hochbahnen (HVV), for example, you can still use regional trains throughout Germany, as well as the streetcar in Munich or the subway in Berlin.
The Deutschlandticket is to cost 58 euros per month from next year. The transport ministers of the federal states agreed on an increase of nine euros from January 1, 2025.
What does this mean for the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket?
We are following the topic closely and are in constant contact with all relevant stakeholders. As a result of the price increase of the Deutschlandticket to 58 euros, the employer contribution will remain at 25% of the ticket price and will be increased from the current 12.25 euros to at least 14.5 euros from 2025. The five percent discount granted by the federal government for these cases will be retained. This combination will increase the price to be paid by the employee (if the company only pays 25% of the ticket price) from the current 34.30 euros to 40.60 euros.
The price of 58 euros, which will apply from 2025, exceeds the 50-euro tax-free limit for benefits in kind. How can companies then offer the Deutschlandticket tax-free?
Employers can continue to offer the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket free of tax and social security contributions without non-cash benefits. This works via the regulation of §3 No. 15 EStG, according to which tickets for public transport can be offered tax-free by the employer and used by employees.
Since the federal states can decide for themselves whether they want to cover the ticket price of 49 euros for all passengers or offer further discounts, for example for trainee, student, semester or social tickets. It is important to note the offers of the individual federal states. However, these offers are only valid at state level and not nationwide. Berlin, for example, is introduced the 29-euro ticket on 1 July 2024.
As a "flat rate for local public transport", the ticket is valid throughout Germany on all scheduled buses, streetcars, subway trains, suburban trains, and local and regional trains.
However, the Deutschlandticket is not valid for long-distance travel. This means that the ticket is generally not valid for journeys on IC, EC, ICE or night trains, e.g. between Hamburg and Munich, with the exception of a few special regulations. However, it can be used on local transport in both cities. It is advisable to ask Deutsche Bahn about the special regulations. This is because some regional express lines are operated by DB-Fernverkehr. In some cases, IC trains are used on these sections, which means that the Deutschlandticket is valid on certain IC connections. The Deutschlandticket is also not valid on long-distance buses and private coaches.
In principle, the Deutschlandticket can be combined with long-distance travel. However, travelers must ensure that they buy a separate ticket for the long-distance route. In addition, the train connection is not canceled if you miss your connecting long-distance train. This means that it is not possible to use a later train free of charge with a ticket with a train connection (e.g. saver fares). In this case, train passengers cannot claim a refund.
In fact, the Deutschlandticket can also be used for journeys abroad or to border stations. For example, the Deutschlandticket is valid for journeys to the Community stations of Salzburg, Kufstein and Schaffhausen (including the feeder lines) located abroad, as well as on routes to France or the Netherlands.
The Deutschlandticket is a digital ticket and can be ordered online. The ticket can be purchased through the sales channels of Deutsche Bahn as well as through the transport associations. Unlike the 9-Euro-Ticket, the Deutschlandticket does not have to be purchased every month, but can be conveniently taken out as an annual subscription and canceled monthly.
The Deutschlandticket is also available with NAVIT: With NAVIT, you can offer the Deutschlandticket Job to your employees quickly and without any additional administrative effort. NAVIT takes care of the application to the transport association, the administration of employee registrations and provides the ticket directly in the NAVIT app for employees.
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The jobticket, also known as the company ticket, is a ticket for commuters to work. It is intended to make it easier for employees to switch from the company car to public transport and thus reduce the burden on commuter traffic. Employees who have a job ticket can also use it for private journeys. That makes it attractive for many.
Employees can receive the Jobticket if their employer has concluded a Jobticket framework agreement with one of the participating transport companies. Like the Deutschlandticket, the Jobticket is also an offer from public transport companies.
With the Deutschlandticket also comes a new company ticket model. With the new "Firmenticket Deutschland", companies can extend their existing job ticket agreement.
This makes the new Deutschlandticket even cheaper:
If the employer subsidizes the Deutschlandticket by at least 25%, the federal and state governments, i.e. the transport associations, give a further 5% discount on top.
This means that your employees pay a maximum of €34.30 per month and can use local and regional public transport throughout Germany.
Previous company ticket models remain in place and continue to offer all known benefits.
If you already offer your employees such a company ticket model, you can decide whether to give your employees the choice between the two or whether to offer only one of the two variants.
There are various reasons for companies to introduce the Jobticket. Employees also benefit from the Jobticket in various ways. In this article, we have summarized everything you need to know about the Jobticket and its advantages for companies and employees.
A clear comparison of when a Jobticket or a Deutschlandticket is worthwhile for your company and your employees can be found here:
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We are convinced that in order for your company to reduce individual car traffic and promote climate-friendly employee mobility, you require a flexible and uncomplicated solution that covers more than public transport.
The mobility budget solution from NAVIT would be a great candidate in this situation. With the mobility budget, you provide your employees with a monthly mobility budget via app that can be used flexibly. Your employees can decide for themselves which means of transport they want to use worldwide, regardless of the provider.
If you offer your employees a flexible mobility budget, you leave it up to them to decide whether they want to purchase the 49 euro Deutschlandticket. They can easily pause when they go on vacation or work 100% from home, or if they want to use other means of transport depending on the availablity of mobilitiy options.
The mobility budget is a digital and flexible mobility solution and thus the ideal complement to the Jobticket or Deutschlandticket.
In principle, our mobility solution is worthwhile for companies of all sectors and sizes. The flexible mobility budget is aimed both at companies whose location is central and therefore offers few parking spaces but good public transport connections, and at companies that are less well connected and do not provide all employees with a company car. It also benefits companies that want to respond even better to the individual needs of their employees and still keep the process effort low. NAVIT takes care of the administration, billing and taxation of corporate and digital mobility management.
The mobility budget also pays off from a tax perspective: If your employees travel in an environmentally friendly manner by public transport or bicycle, they are reimbursed for their commute to work free of payroll tax and social security contributions and thus get more out of their net salary. As an employer, this gives you an incentive over a pay raise and allows you to use your non cash benefit for other benefits - like meal vouchers.
The Deutschlandticket Jobticket is a discounted offer of the Deutschlandticket especially for employees of companies, authorities and associations. Holders of the Deutschlandticket Jobticket benefit from a discounted monthly ticket from their employer, which allows unlimited use of public transport and local trains in Germany.
To encourage more people to take public transport to work, the German government is promoting the provision of the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket by employers. The federal government subsidizes the Deutschlandticket by 5 percent if employers pay at least 25 percent of the cost of the ticket for their employees. This means that employees only have to pay 34.30 euros instead of 49 euros for the monthly Deutschlandticket Jobticket. The federal government is guaranteeing this support until the end of 2024.
If the employer subsidizes the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket by at least 25 percent, the federal government subsidizes the job ticket for employees with a discount of 5 percent. This makes the Deutschlandticket Jobticket cheaper than the regular 49 Euro Deutschlandticket. It only costs employees 34.30 euros.
The Deutschlandticket Jobticket is a digital monthly ticket that gives employees unlimited access to regional and local public transport throughout Germany. As a “flat rate” for public transport, the ticket is valid throughout Germany on all buses, streetcars, subway trains, suburban trains, as well as local and regional trains. The Deutschlandticket Jobticket can be used not only for commuting to work, but also for private journeys.
No, travelers cannot take anyone else with them on a Deutschlandticket. Fellow travelers need their own ticket. In addition, ticket holders cannot transfer any travel arrangements from an existing season ticket to the Deutschlandticket.
As a rule, the Deutschlandticket Jobticket is worthwhile if the holder of the ticket regularly travels to work by public transport. We have summarized for whom else the Deutschlandticket is worthwhile in this article on the Deutschlandticket.
If the employer subsidizes the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket with at least 25 percent, the federal government subsidizes the job ticket for employees with a further discount of 5 percent. This makes the Deutschlandticket Jobticket cheaper for employees than the regular 49 Euro Deutschlandticket. It costs employees just 34.30 euros.
You can find all the information about the Deutschlandticket as a job ticket summarized in our clear factsheet for download here.
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