Ticket Restaurant for companies
Offer your team a tax benefit on their daily meals: up to €11 per day exempt from income tax, at no additional cost to the company.
What is Ticket Restaurant?
Ticket Restaurant is the restaurant card designed to make employees' daily lives in Spain easier, helping them pay for their work meals more comfortably and with tax advantages. It can be used as a means of payment in restaurants, bars, cafés, and delivery platforms, for both in-person consumption and home delivery services.
The amount allocated to the meal voucher is exempt from personal income tax up to 11 € per working day, according to Article 45 of the IRPF (Personal Income Tax) Regulations. For the employee, it represents a direct and tangible saving on each meal: the amount is deducted from their gross salary before applying the IRPF, meaning they pay less tax and increase their purchasing power. For the company, it is a benefit that is offered without increasing wage costs.
Companies incorporate Ticket Restaurant through Edenred Flex as part of its programmes for Flexible Compensation or Social Benefits – or combining both modalities in a Hybrid Model. Edenred handles everything: issuing digital cards, automatic management of tax allowances, and integration with the payroll system.
Advantages of offering Ticket Restaurant to your teams
In which modalities can I offer Ticket Restaurant?
Social Benefits
With Ticket Restaurant as a Social Benefit, your team receives an extra to their salary, exempt from income tax up to 11€ per day.
Flexible Compensation
Your team can allocate part of their salary to Ticket Restaurant and save on taxes, increasing their take-home pay.
Mixed Model
Offer your team a subsidised bonus through Social Benefits and the possibility of complementing it thanks to Flexible Compensation.
Simplify costs and improve your team's quality of life
Discover how Ticket Restaurant works in a minute
How does Ticket Restaurant work?
For the company – in 3 steps
- You hire the service: Define the modality (Social Benefit, Flexible Remuneration, or Mixed Model) and the amount allocated to each employee.
- We are activating the cards: 24 hours for digital format, 5 working days for physical format. Your employees receive them directly in the app or at their workstation.
- Automatic management From your online account, you control limits, top-ups, activations and deactivations. With no manual forecasts or worrying about fiscal limits.
For the employee – in 2 steps
- Activate your card in the MyEdenred app and link it to Apple Pay or Google Pay if you prefer to pay with your mobile.
- Pay wherever you want in any restaurant, bar, canteen, food truck, or delivery platform — even if you're working remotely.
Automatic management, total control
The Edenred Ticket Restaurant card is available in physical and digital formats, and integrates directly with Apple Pay and Google Pay for mobile payments.
- No manual top-ups: The balance is managed automatically according to the amounts configured by the company. Neither the company nor the employee needs to keep track of the month.
- Real-time control The employee can check their balance, transactions, and accumulated savings at any time from the MyEdenred app.
- Customisable by the company Define usage limits by day, amount, and time slots from your online account. Create as many usage profiles as you need.
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Frequently asked questions about Ticket Restaurant
What tax advantages does the company get by offering Ticket Restaurant?
- The amount allocated to Ticket Restaurant is deductible under section 100% of the Corporation Tax Act, reducing the company's taxable base.
- As you are exempt from income tax up to €11 per working day, the company can improve the employee's net pay without increasing gross salary cost.
- The company does not have to bear the administrative costs of managing per diems or food expense reimbursements. Edenred handles centralised issuing, management, and billing.
The entire operation is 100% digital: without physical shipments, without paper cheque stock, and without delays in the delivery to employees.
How does Ticket Restaurant help to retain and attract talent?
- It is one of the employee benefits with greatest perceived impact on the day-to-day for the employee, by covering an everyday need such as food.
- Allows companies of any size, including SMEs, to compete on salary appeal with large corporations without increasing gross payroll.
- Increase team satisfaction and engagement, factors directly related to lower turnover and less absenteeism.
- Can be offered from The first employee, with no template minimums or business size requirements.
How is Ticket Restaurant managed by the company?
- From the client online portal, the company manages activations, deactivations, recharges, and usage configuration for each card.
- It is possible personalise usage per employeeDaily limit, allowed usage days and time slots, with reusable usage profiles.
- top-ups are available on the cards at 24 hours if payment is by card, or in 2–3 working days if by bank transfer.
- Integrates with plans for Flexible Remuneration and Social Benefits, which can be combined in a mixed model.
What is the daily limit for Ticket Restaurant?
The Restaurant Ticket is exempt from Personal Income Tax up to 11 euros per working dayfor 20 days worked, the maximum monthly exempt amount amounts to 220 euros per month. Any amount the company decides to charge above those €11 per day would be taxed as employment income on the employee's tax return.
For the company: Amounts allocated to Ticket Restaurant are fully deductible for corporate tax purposes.
Where can the Ticket Restaurant be used?
Ticket Restaurant can be used in restaurants, bars, cafés, fast-food establishments, food vending machines and ready-meal services. Furthermore, it is also valid for home deliveries through delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, Just Eat and Glovo.
Instead, its use is restricted to hospitality establishments, so it is not permitted in supermarkets such as Mercadona, Carrefour, or El Corte Inglés.
To make the employee experience easier, Edenred provides Restaurant finder in the MyEdenred app and on its website, where you can easily locate the nearest available restaurants and services.
Can Ticket Restaurant be used on delivery platforms, or only in person?
Yes, it works perfectly on delivery platforms as well as in person. Edenred is, in fact, one of the few providers in Spain that allows payment with Ticket Restaurant in all the main delivery platforms such as Uber Eats, Glovo and Just Eat.
Can the worker choose how much money to put on the food card?
It depends on the scheme contracted by the company:
- In the Social Benefits category: The company sets the amount it contributes to each employee. The worker does not decide the amount; they simply receive it as an extra to their salary.
- In the Flexible Remuneration scheme: The employee can choose what portion of their gross salary they allocate to Ticket Restaurant, within legal limits.
For its part, the company has flexibility for customising usage: from the company account, card usage can be personalised by days, amounts and time slots, enabling the creation of as many usage profiles as needed and assigning them to each user.
Which companies can offer Ticket Restaurant?
Any company with at least one employee Can offer Ticket Restaurant, without a minimum number of staff. There are many SMEs and start-ups which restaurant cards use as a way to compete with larger companies in attracting and retaining talent.
Edenred offers contracts from 1 employee, which makes it accessible to businesses of all sizes: from a two-person startup to a multinational corporation.
Yes, self-employed individuals can use Ticket Restaurant.
Yes, but here we need to distinguish between two situations:
- A Self-employed with employees Yes, you can offer Ticket Restaurant to your employees on the same terms as any other company.
- A self-employed with no employees that they wish to use it for their own meals does not receive the same income tax exemption as an employee. The deductibility presumed for a worker is lost when the consumer is the self-employed person themselves: food expenses are subject to the same taxation rules as daily allowances for this group, and the tax authorities may not accept them if they are not necessary for the activity.
How to sign up for a Ticket Restaurant card?
You can request more information about Ticket Restaurant or place your order directly online. All you need to do is indicate the characteristics of the Ticket Restaurant product that best suit your company's needs and the contract modalities.
How is the Ticket Restaurant taxed?
The Ticket Restaurant is exempt from income tax up to 11 euros per working day, This allows professionals to save on taxes and increase their annual take-home pay. Instead of receiving more salary directly, this benefit optimises income, offering more purchasing power.
In addition, Ticket Restaurant does not affect the income tax return, as it is not necessary to include it as income. The company takes care of everything, while individuals only have to declare their regular payroll.
When will I receive my Ticket Restaurant cards?
Once you have signed up for Ticket Restaurant, you will receive your meal cards within 5 working days.
When does Ticket Restaurant expire?
The expiry date of the restaurant card is indicated in the front of your physical or virtual card.
Can I limit the use of the Ticket Restaurant Card?
Yes: from your account you can customise the use of your restaurant cards by days, amounts and time slots. You can create as many usage profiles as you need and assign them to each of your company's users. To do so, all you have to do is log in to your online account with your company passwords.
How do I top up Edenred's Ticket Restaurant cards?
You can easily top up your cards from your online account, by identifying yourself with your company passwords. If you do not yet have access codes, create your account.
When will top-ups be available on the Ticket Restaurant cards?
If payment is made by card, the balance will be available on the Ticket Restaurant cards 24 hours later. If payment is made by bank transfer, the time it takes to receive the transfer must be added (1-2 working days), so it will take 2-3 working days from the time the transfer is made.
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We will call you to answer your questions about Edenred's restaurant card or other flexible compensation services and offer you a proposal adapted to your company.