Some entrepreneurs embark on the adventure without knowing the main expenses of a company or without having a clear idea of the monthly or annual budget they have to set aside to meet the bills for property rentals, fuel for company cars, food allowances for their employees on the road... Knowing in advance the costs of a company, even if it is a small one is more important than it seems and that is why we are devoting our full attention to it today.
The first expense for a small, medium, or large company is the building, office, warehouse, workshop or premises where its activity takes place. This expense can be more or less considerable depending on the locality where you have your premises, the number of square metres you need, your sector of activity, the number of employees on your staff, etc., but there is no doubt that it is a cost of business that you need to consider carefully before starting your own SME.
The second of a company's expenses is that corresponding to the Employee payroll, to your own payroll as company director and to the added costs involved in registering you all with the various Social Security schemes.
In fact, staff wages are one of the most considerable company expenses you will incur, but we have good news: there is a perfect way to To make your salary work harder and smarter What you pay your employees, as well as getting them to be more motivated and that they are more productive. The name of this perfect solution for SMEs?: the system of Edenred flexible benefits.
Another of the unavoidable business expenses to carry out any professional activity are those that are used to pay for electricity, water, heating, the Internet, or the use of fuel for company vehicles. We are talking about the costs of basic supplies.
Some electricity, natural gas, water, or telephone service providers often offer interesting discounts to their business customers – SMEs, self-employed professionals, etc. –, but what about unavoidable fuel costs? Are there discounts that will allow us to minimise the impact of these bills on our profit and loss account? The answer is “yes”: the Edenred petrol cards, interesting tools for SMEs that offer you discounts from the first litre of fuel, the possibility of obtaining a single fuel consumption invoice to easily deduct VAT, etc.
Another of the significant expenses for a small company is daily subsistence allowance of its staff commercial or seconded employees, the so called "secondments". Dietary plans.
To meet these unavoidable expenses, you have several options:
Using Ticket Restaurant to deal with that particular item of expenditure of a company has such interesting advantages such as the following:
Would you like to know about the different solutions Edenred offers to minimise the impact of expenses for a small business? Contact us and we will inform you without obligation..
