When we introduce a lease bike to your employees, we use the 'cafeteria plan'. In format employees can choose to exchange certain payment elements for their dream (lease) bike. For example: as part of a bonus, gross salary, 13th month.
Lease a Bike offers a fully digital and automated platform where all relevant processes and parties (employer, employee and bicycle dealer) come together. We truly make it easy to lease your dream bicycle! With one click of a button you can give every employee permission to lease a bicycle – or decline permission for that matter.
Yes, it is also attractive for a self-employed entrepreneur to lease a bicycle. Nearly the same guidelines apply for employers & employees for you. You could decide to pay the bicycle in name of the company by deducting it from your salary and still enjoy the tax benefit. Talk to your accountant for the details!
Yes, it is also attractive for a self-employed entrepreneur to lease a bicycle. Nearly the same guidelines apply for employers & employees for you. You could decide to pay the bicycle in name of the company by deducting it from your salary and still enjoy the tax benefit. Talk to your accountant for the details!
The monthly leasing costs are business costs. This will have as a result that there is a tax advantage because a lowering of the profit. The advantages of leasing a bicycle are mainly because of the low amount spread over a period of time. The average price of a bicycle is around €3000,-. By leasing a bicycle you do not have to pay this amount at once and the costs include maintenance and repair and insurance.
The untaxed bicycle allowance can be combined with a lease bicycle. This is a maximum of 35 cent per kilometer.
To make the process as easy to manage as possible all lease contracts always start on the 1st of the month. If, in example, an employee picks up a bicycle the 22nd of the month, the contract starts on the 1st of the following month. For an overview of all active lease contracts, you can get an export from our platform. We provide this monthly.
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Om het Lease a Bike-platform te gebruiken, heb je enkel een PC met internet en recente browser nodig.
Lease a Bike biedt een volledig digitaal en geautomatiseerd platform waarop alle relevante processen en partijen (zelfstandige, fietshandelaar en leasemaatschappij) samenkomen. Zo maken we het leasen van een fiets eenvoudig. De papierwinkel is dus verleden tijd! Met één klik op de knop kan je een fiets leasen. Alle nodige info voor loonadministratie exporteer je eenvoudig vanuit het platform.
When we introduce a lease bike to your employees, we use the 'cafeteria plan'. In format employees can choose to exchange certain payment elements for their dream (lease) bike. For example: as part of a bonus, gross salary, 13th month.
Lease a Bike offers a fully digital and automated platform where all relevant processes and parties (employer, employee and bicycle dealer) come together. We truly make it easy to lease your dream bicycle! With one click of a button you can give every employee permission to lease a bicycle – or decline permission for that matter.
By filling the registration form on the website. After this we will receive all information needed to partner up. The moment everything is ready and accepted, you will receive a message in your mailbox to confirm your account.
This is possible via the website or at the top right of this page, where you will find the login button. Please mind the first time you log in via the activation link in the e-mail. If this did not work, there probably was too much time between creating your account and your activation (safety first!). If this happens, you can easily get a new link by going to this link and clicking on ‘forgot password’. Enter your e-mail address and you will receive a new link.
Tip: give our login page an asterisk in your browser so that you are able to find it quickly and help your new customers find their dream bike!
There is no benefit in kind (voordeel alle aard) voor employees when the bike is regularly used for commuting from home to work. It is advised to use a bike policy where the regular use is agreed between employer and employee.
If the bicycle is used "regularly" for commuting, the bicycle is exempt from taxes for both employee as employer. You will save about 25% on taxes for social security. In general budget neutrality is applied for the employer and these savings will be reinvested in the lease cost of the bicycle.
This depends on the model the company and employee or independent entrepreneur will choose. What ever plan fits, you will always enjoy financial benefits even when an company fully facilitates and does not contribute to the lease price. An employee could pay the lease costs (including maintenance and insurance package) with their gross salary. Depending on the employees tax bracket, he or she will then enjoy a tax advantage of at least 40% compared to a purchase. In our calculator you can calculate the costs and savings of a lease bicycle.
No, the leasing company remains the owner of the bike throughout the entire lease period. At the end of the term (36 months), you can purchase the bike at a discount of 15% of the original purchase price, and it will become yours.
With a lease bike in your near future you are already well on your way, but a bicycle allowance makes it complete! As an employer, you may pay a tax-free bicycle allowance up to 35 cent per cycled kilometer that the employee travels in commuting. There is no obligation to provide a bicycle allowance as this is separate from bicycle leasing.
Through a cafeteria plan, you can choose to pay (part of) the lease amount by voluntarily exchanging temporary remuneration elements. Some examples of these remuneration elements are:
Aangezien op de fiets(vergoeding) geen RSZ bijdragen worden betaald, bouw je met dit voordeel geen sociale zekerheidsrechten op. De impact is zeer beperkt want elk jaar bouw je 1/45ste op van het wettelijk pensioen. Door € 1.000 brutoloon naar budget om te zetten in 1 jaar, zal voor 1/45ste het wettelijk pensioen dalen met € 13,33 / jaar of amper € 1,11 / maand indien het verlaagd jaarloon lager is dan het pensioenplafond. Indien het verlaagd jaarloon hoger is dan het pensioenplafond is er geen impact. Het pensioenplafond 2024 is 80.485,32€, voor 2025 zijn er nog geen cijfers, zie ook Federale Pensioendienst.
At Lease a Bike you can choose any bike from € 499 and up, with a free choice for all brands and types. From city to electric bike and mountain to racing bike: everything is possible, as long as it has two wheels. Even a speed pedelec is one of the options.
At Lease a Bike you are able to choose from over 1250 bicycle dealers throughout Belgium. This could be a local store around the corner, or a specialty store somewhere in the country. You are also free to contact all these bicycle dealers for maintenance. Would you like to know which bicycle dealers are near? Simply search via our dealer locator.
Yes, that's possible and it is also included in the lease price. Anything that can be attached to a bicycle, will be leased with the bicycle. A helmet and lock can of course be leased. Clothing and GPS computers are not allowed.
Joining Lease a Bike is free of charge.
Lease a Bike offers three different scenarios for offering a lease bike to employees.
1. Employer invests - The employer pays the full lease costs
2. Shared investment - Employer and employee determine the distribution of costs.
3. Employer facilitates - The employee pays the full lease costs.
Together with the employee are you free to choose to exchange the compensation elements they have available for the lease costs. Some examples of those elements are: 13th month, gross salary, downgrade of the commercial vehicle or a bonus.
Employer and employee mutually conclude an addendum to the employment contract before the employee is capable of starting a lease contract. Lease a Bike provides an example of this in which agreements are included in the event of premature termination. In this construction, the employer first makes sure the remaining lease funds are fully covered, to recount it to the employee. t is also possible for the employee to take over the bicycle, whereby the set price is deducted from the remaining lease installments. If an employer does not include this, Lease a Bike offers three other options to minimize the risk for the employer:
1. Employer has the option to pay off the remaining lease installments (without service and insurance costs);
2. Employer finds another employee to take over the existing lease contract;
3. Employer can return a maximum of 4% of the active lease contracts to the lease company free of charge and without penalty.
We make an offer for the employee to take over the bicycle for +- 15% of the value (new). The exact amount cannot be determined on forehand and depends on the final condition of the bicycle. If the employee is not interested in taking over the bicycle, we will take the bicycle back - free of charge. There is never a risk for the employee or employer here.
The lease company is the owner of the bicycle during the entire lease period.
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First report your stolen bike at the police. It is important that you have the two original keys of the bike and that the number of the bike frame is mentioned on the police report. You can find the number of the frame on our platform. Afterwards you can go to a Lease a Bike dealer and together you file the digital theft report. You will receive a replacement bike for a maximum of 7 days. The dealer will make sure you will a receive a bew bike. Luckily for you we will let your current contract running. There is no own risk for theft.
If you have any damage to your bicycle, go to your Lease a Bike dealer as soon as possible and fill in the damage form together. If the bicycle dealer cannot repair the damage immediately, you are entitled to a replacement bicycle for a maximum of 7 days (note: only if you lease an e-bike or speed pedelec). There is no own risk on damage claims.
No problem! We work with the VAB and breakdown assistance is included in your contract. You can contact the VAB on +32 3 253 62 55, provide your Lease a Bike contract number and they will help you as soon as possible.