{"id":37,"date":"2023-01-23T20:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staeresources.com\/?p=37"},"modified":"2023-01-23T20:30:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:30:12","slug":"payroll-gift-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/payroll-gift-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you give an employee a gift card that wont affect their payroll?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-38 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card-570x380.png 570w, https:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card-380x254.png 380w, https:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card-285x190.png 285w, https:\/\/staeresources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Gift-Card.png 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>Yes, you can give employee gift cards as a non-taxable, non-reportable benefit as long as they meet certain criteria. Specifically, the gift card must be in a denomination of $25 or less, and it must be given infrequently, such as on a holiday or for a special occasion. Additionally, the gift card must be for a general use, such as a gift card to a department store or a gift card for a specific brand, rather than a specific item. If the gift card exceeds $25, it would be considered as additional income for the employee and would be subject to taxes and be reported on payroll.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of gift cards that can be given to an employee include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A gift card to a popular restaurant or coffee shop<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A gift card to a department store or clothing retailer<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A gift card to a home improvement or electronics store<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A gift card to a spa or fitness center<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A gift card to a bookstore or entertainment retailer<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">A gift card to a subscription service such as Netflix or Amazon Prime<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is important to note that some companies offer their own gift cards that can be used within the organization.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you can give employee gift cards as a non-taxable, non-reportable benefit as long as they meet certain criteria. Specifically, the gift card must be in a denomination of $25 or less, and it must be given infrequently, such as on a holiday or for a special occasion. Additionally, the gift card must be for<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/payroll-gift-cards\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staeresources.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}