The basics of the mobility budget

With the tax-free mobility budget, you receive a flexible allowance from your employer for the use of local public transport.

The tax-free allowance can be applied for the following forms of mobility

• Tickets* for local public transport (ÖPNV) intended for private travel or commuting to work.
• Long-distance public transport tickets* (e.g. ICE, IC, EC, long-distance bus) that are intended for commuting to work.

*Tickets = one-way tickets, multiple tickets, monthly tickets and annual season tickets

How it works

1. Pay for the ticket privately as usual and use the desired means of transport
2. Submit ticket in the Probonio app
3. Receive reimbursement automatically with the next month's payslip

Submit tickets

Simply submit tickets via the app and use the mobility budget

Simply click on the large plus icon in the Mobility section of the app and take a photo of the receipt or ticket or upload it. In the next step, select whether it is a private journey or a journey to work and then select the means of transport used (e.g. local public transport) or ticket (e.g. season ticket). Finally, enter the gross amount of the ticket and the date of the ticket.

For long-distance tickets (e.g. ICE, IC, EC and long-distance bus), you must confirm that it is a ticket for a journey to work.

The submitted ticket will then appear directly in the overview. The ticket will initially have the status “Receipt under review”, as our team will first check whether it meets all the tax law requirements for a tax-free reimbursement. This check takes place within one day, in individual cases it can take several days.

Once the check has been successfully completed, the ticket is displayed with a green tick. You can then look forward to the tax-free reimbursement with the salary transfer in the following month.

If you have any questions about the receipt check, e.g. because your receipts have been rejected, please contact our support team.

View information in the app

Display information on refundable forms of mobility and tickets in the app

Open the info screen of the mobility section by clicking on the info icon in the top right-hand corner.

Now you can see all the information and rules at a glance in the app:

The allowance is limited to the mobility budget approved by your employer 

Example

Your employer has activated a mobility allowance of €40 for you. You submit a monthly travelcard for €65 and a single journey for €28 in one month and both receipts are accepted. You have made full use of the mobility allowance for this month and receive the full allowance of €40.

The next month, you only submit a multiple-journey ticket for €17.20 and no further receipts. This month you will be reimbursed the full costs of €17.20. The unused mobility budget expires.

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