Lunch benefit also known as Edenred Lounari

Several reasons to offer a lunch benefit

The lunch benefit, or Lounari, is the most popular employee benefit in Finland, and it's not for nothing! The tax-supported lunch benefit encourages maintaining healthy eating habits and brings a well-deserved break to the working day. The importance of the benefit is shown in coping at work, shared lunch times and direct cost savings for both the employer and the employee.

The lunch allowance brings flexibility to restaurant choices, which helps to meet different eating habits and preferences. Our network of more than 15,000 lunch places also brings much-needed variety to daily meals.

At Vincit, everyday life tastes better with a lunch benefit

Vincit uses Edenred's lunch benefit and the entire benefit palette. Versatile payment methods, such as mobile payment, make their everyday life easier and are a more ecological choice for delicious moments.

Edenred Lounari is up to 25% tax-free benefit that is loaded to employees' accounts on a monthly basis. The amount to be loaded varies according to the number of monthly working days of each employee (on average 21 working days/month). The lunch benefit is work day-specific and intended to be used once a day. The Tax Administration determines the daily minimum and maximum payment limits for the benefit

The lunch benefit can be offered to employees as a fringe benefit (as a favorable salary increase) or as a lunch deduction (charged from the employee's salary).

Note! For the 25% tax exemption of the lunch benefit to be realized, you must load min. 11,47€/day, as the employee's share of the benefit must be at least 8,60€ in 2025 (75% taxable part of 11,47€ is 8,60€). Therefore, the benefit's full tax exemption is not realized if the employee is loaded less than 11,47€.