Must food vouchers or transportation be declared in the Income Tax?

The deadline for submitting the income tax return is until the end of May. With this, it is common for doubts to arise about what should or should not be part of the income list. One of them is whether food vouchers and transportation vouchers must be declared. Because of this, it is important to understand the legal nature of these benefits.

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By when must the Income Tax be declared?

The deadline released by the Federal Revenue initially was until April 29. However, on the 5th of this month, a publication in the Official Gazette reported that the responsible body had extended the deadline to May 31. This new date applies to everyone, including those who left Brazil or filed a declaration of estate.

In addition to staying within the deadlines of the Federal Revenue, to declare the Income Tax, the citizen must meet some requirements:

• People who received exempt, taxable or non-taxable income, such as profits and dividends, savings, donations, FGTS and others, when the sum is greater than R$ 40,000;
• People who had equity above R$ 300,000 up to the last day of the year;
• Person who received taxable income in amounts greater than R$ 28,559.70, from: salary, MEI income (with the exception of profits), pro-labore etc.;
• Who obtained, in 2021, gains from the sale of goods or rights, amounts on which the tax will be levied;
• Anyone who moved to Brazil in any month of the year to be declared;
• Who received emergency aid during the pandemic, in any amount, and had other taxable income in an annual amount above BRL 22,847.76.

Through the Federal Government portal, it is possible to make the declaration and not miss any deadline. In addition, the user can access all information on exemptions and obligations related to the IR.

Must food vouchers and transportation vouchers be declared?

Benefits offered by the company, such as meal vouchers and transportation vouchers, are not characterized as income items. Because of this, they do not count as income and do not add anything to equity. Therefore, they do not need to be declared on the IR.