Meal Entertainment

Meal Entertainment

You don't have to eat out a lot to enjoy the savings.

Meal Entertainment Savings

Want to save on meals from your favourite restaurants? With the Meal Entertainment benefit, you could save hundreds of dollars each year

Whether it’s a family celebration, a catch-up with friends or treating the tribe to a pub meal, you’ll love Meal Entertainment. Whether you dine out a little or a lot, with this popular salary packaging benefit you could spend up to $2,650 in pre-tax dollars on meals with those closest to you.

Meal Entertainment is in addition to our everyday living expense benefits like mortgage or rent and does not affect the claiming of these benefits in any way. This means your taxable income could go down even further, your disposable income could go up even higher, and with some of these meal expenses already taken care of, you could have more money for dining out more often.

So if you’re having a dinner celebration or a bite out with friends, why not salary package the cost and save?

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It’s on top of your other benefits

As your probably already aware, with Maxxia you’re able to salary package (up to $15,900 for Charity and up to $9,010 for Health) a range of benefits like mortgage, rent and living expenses like groceries and bills.

With Meal Entertainment you could salary package an additional $2,650 on top of your other cap limit, it does not affect your other benefits in any way!

Cherry on top anyone?

As Meal Entertainment is a benefit that can be packaged in addition to any existing caps you have, you can savour the pre-tax savings even more.

How much though, we hear you ask?

Let’s say you work in health and you earn $75,000 per year. If you packaged to your full benefit – that is, $9,010 in living expenses and $2,650 in Meal Entertainment – you could enjoy $915 of pre-tax savings on Meal Entertainment.

Don’t go out so much? You can still benefit. Let’s change your yearly Meal Entertainment allocation to, say, $1,000: you could still enjoy $345 in pre-tax savings.

It really is money for jam. Well maybe not jam, but definitely your parma or steak at the local. Or wagyu when you take it up a notch.

Dine out a little or a lot, you could still benefit

Meal Entertainment allows you to spend up to a maximum of $2,650, but there’s nothing to say you need to use it all up, some of us eat out more than others!

So, you can kick back after that delicious meal knowing that you’re doing more with your money, no matter how often you eat out.

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Bar, Café, Pub or Restaurants and more

It doesn’t matter what sort of foodie you are, or where you like to eat, be it at the local watering hole, a cheap and cheerful café, that awesome cocktail bar or in a fancy restaurant, you can use your before-tax money to pay when dining in.

Oh and as long as you're enjoying them with food, you can salary package your drinks as well, cheers!

How much should I deduct each pay for Meal Entertainment?

As we’ve said above, Meal Entertainment could benefit you no matter how often you eat out and there’s nothing to say you need to use all the $2,650 each year.

So, how often do you eat-out? Even if it’s $50 a fortnight, you can start with that and increase or decrease whenever you like, like a taste test. If you’re unsure just ask us and we’ll chew the fat with you about your Meal Entertainment options.

What can't I use Meal Entertainment for?

Meal Entertainment cannot be used for purchasing:

Meals or drinks from venues on-site (at your workplace)
Alcohol (unless it is consumed when dining out with friends or family)
Groceries
Takeaway and home delivered meals

Can we take your order?

If you’re ready to get started with Meal Entertainment you can request the benefit via your Maxxia Online account right now!

You’re just a few steps away.

Log into Maxxia Online (or register if you need too)
Select ‘Contact Us’, then ‘Make a change to your package’.
Select ‘Add a new benefit to my package’, then ‘Meal Entertainment’.
Your deduction amount can be whatever you like, providing it doesn’t exceed what you get paid. You can even start with a smaller amount and increase it later; just remember you can do a maximum of $2650 per FBT year.
Fill out your details and submit.

Additional administration fees and charges may apply, as per your employer’s employee benefit program. All fees are paid out of your pre-tax dollars.

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This material is general information only. It does not take into account your particular/personal objectives, personal financial situation or personal financial circumstances.