{"id":116093,"date":"2018-10-18T15:22:33","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T15:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edenred.pt\/uncategorized\/4-good-reasons-to-opt-for-a-meal-card\/"},"modified":"2025-01-31T16:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T16:56:29","slug":"4-good-reasons-to-opt-for-a-meal-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edenred.pt\/en\/news\/employee-benefits\/4-good-reasons-to-opt-for-a-meal-card\/","title":{"rendered":"4 good reasons to opt for a meal card"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>The reasons for paying meal allowances by card are numerous and benefit both organizations and employees.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Find out about four of these reasons and learn in detail about the benefits that justify paying your meal allowance via a meal card.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Reduced tax and social charges.<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/edenred.pt\/en\/benefits\/edenred-refeicao\/\">meal card<\/a> is a quick and simple solution that allows companies and their employees to pay the meal allowance, benefiting from <strong>exemption from<\/strong> the Single Social Tax <strong>(TSU)<\/strong> and Personal Income Tax <strong>(IRS)<\/strong> &#8211; the latter only applied to employees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greater purchasing power and more savings<\/strong>. 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