Payroll Newsflash

Bills No. 8414, with potential effect in 2025

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On 17 July 2024, the Luxembourgish government announced a list of new measures designed to boost purchasing power, with effect from 1 January 2025. The announcements below are still in draft form and have not yet been definitively implemented.
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This project will have an impact on the salaries of residents and non-residents through the following measures:

  • A new adjustment of the tax scale is planned, this will be equivalent to 2.5 index brackets.
  • The tax scale for employees in class 1a will be significantly lowered, approaching the tax scale for employees in class 2.
  • Employees paid at the social minimum wage for non-qualified workers will be exempt from tax, regardless of their tax class, by means of a tax credit.
  • A new 75% tax-exempt bonus, subjected to some conditions, would be payable to employees under the age of 30 (in the €2,500-5,000 bracket, depending on the annual remuneration).
  • The tax regime applicable to impatriate employees will be simplified.
  • In replacement of currently applicable exemptions, impatriate workers will be able to receive a bonus that is 50% exempt, up to an annual salary limit of €400,000.
  • The profit-sharing bonus (Prime Participative) (L.I.R. no. 115/12 of 8 March 2021) will enable a higher tax exemption. The overall allocation of profit-sharing bonuses paid to all employees will now be limited to 7.5% of the previous year's profit (account 142 of the chart of accounts), currently limited to 5%. From an employee point of view, the amount of the bonus may not exceed 30% of gross annual remuneration (excluding benefits in kind/cash), currently limited to 25%.

Reminder of what’s new in 2024

We also remind you that since June 2024, a monthly rental bonus can be paid to employees under the age of 30. This bonus is limited to €1,000/month for full-time employees, and can, under some conditions, be tax-exempted up to 25%.

It is limited to the value of the rental costs, and it cannot be paid to an employee whose salary is higher than 30 times the qualified social minimum wage (€92,553.30, index 944.43).  

Contact

Any questions? Please contact our experts at the following email address: HumanCapitalServices@lu.gt.com.