JobRad

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JobRad
legal form GmbH
founding 2008
Seat Augustinerplatz 2
79098 Freiburg im Breisgau
management Ulrich Prediger, Holger Tumat
Branch Bicycle economy
Website www.jobrad.org
Status: 2020

The JobRad GmbH is a Germany-wide provider for Dienstradleasing based in Freiburg . With the JobRad model, the mobility service provider organizes the leasing of company bicycles and company e-bikes for employers and their transfer to employees using a digital portal solution. JobRad invented the concept of company bike leasing in Germany, is the owner of the "JobRad" brand and the market leader in company bike leasing. Not only employees can use bicycles and e-bikes via JobRad, but also the self-employed, freelancers and traders.

history

Today's JobRad GmbH was founded in 2008 as LeaseRad GmbH by Ulrich Prediger. The goal: to establish the company bike as an equivalent alternative to the company car in Germany. With this idea, Prediger wins several founder awards. In 2011 Holger Tumat becomes the company's second managing director. Together with other bicycle players and associations, they advocate that company bikes and company cars , which have been privileged by the so-called 1% rule since the 1990s, are treated equally for tax purposes. With success: On November 23, 2012, the highest federal tax authority decided to allow the 1% rule to also apply to (electric) bicycles. This is a crucial milestone for the company's development. In 2019, LeaseRad GmbH will be renamed JobRad GmbH. The 0.5% rule adopted by the highest tax authorities in the same year (see Wikipedia article Firmenrad ) and the tax-free company bike financed by the employer ( Section 3 No. 37 EStG ) are further important milestones for JobRad and the company bike leasing industry. Almost a year after the 0.5% rule, the highest tax authorities of the federal states decide on January 9, 2020 to give even more tax incentives to leasing company bikes: for all company bikes (type: salary conversion) that have been leased for the first time since January 1, 2019, quarter From January 1, 2020, the assessment basis according to which the amount of the taxable pecuniary benefit is calculated for private use. In practical terms, this means: the monetary benefit is only taxed at 0.25%. Company bicycles and e-bikes are now even better off from a tax point of view than cars used for business purposes.

Data & facts

According to the company, JobRad GmbH has more than 300 employees and more than 20,000 customers, i.e. employers, who offer JobRad to their employees (including BMW Bosch , Porsche , Deutsche Börse and the state of Baden-Württemberg).

Awards & nominations

  • Karmakonsum-Gründer-Award 2009
  • Austrian Mobility Award 2009, category "international"
  • Nawi Award 2013
  • Job engine 2014, 2015, 2016,, 2017 2018
  • State award for young companies in Baden-Württemberg 2016
  • Freiburg Climate Protection Prize 2017
  • Neumarkt Sustainability Award 2018, category "Innovation"

Controversy

Company bike leasing is viewed critically by some unions: The deferred compensation, which is often used to finance company bikes or company bikes, is the focus of criticism. In many collective agreements, it is only allowed for company pension schemes. For more information on the discussion about tax risks, see company bike .

In the Jobrad standard contract model, employees also incur enormous additional costs when they change employer themselves, so that in the end the employee pays significantly more for the bike than if he had bought it directly from a dealer.

Web links

Website of the company JobRad

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Andrea Reidl: Bicycle instead of company car. IN: Time, October 15, 2012
  3. ↑ Petra Kirchhoff: With the company bike to the appointment. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. September 25, 2016, accessed May 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Healthy and leased: let's cycle! In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. April 9, 2018, accessed May 9, 2019 .
  5. ^ Schmidt-Steinhaus, Matthias: Always these cyclists . In: Armin Häberle (Ed.): Market and medium-sized companies. The growth magazine. No. 03/2019 . Frankfurter Business Media GmbH, March 1, 2019, ISSN  0948-8340 , p. 12 .
  6. ↑ Tillman Lambert: For the self-employed, bike leasing is becoming cheaper. In: SAZ-Bike. January 8, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Christoph Ries: Gundelfinger LeaseRad GmbH wins business award. In: Badische Zeitung. June 20, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Healthy and leased: let's cycle. In: Frankfuther Allgemeine Zeitung. April 9, 2018, accessed May 17, 2019 .
  9. ↑ https://datenbank.nwb.de/Dokument/Anhaben/452507/
  10. ↑ Tax treatment of the rental of (electric) bicycles. In: www.bundesfinanzministerium.de. January 9, 2020, accessed April 22, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Our story. JobRad, accessed May 17, 2019 .
  12. ↑ With the wind to the office. BMW, September 24, 2018, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Get on your bike - Bosch offers bike leasing for more than 100,000 employees. Bosch AG, February 28, 2018, accessed on May 17, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Porsche is expanding its range of health services for employees. Porsche AG, April 26, 2019, accessed on April 17, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Sustainability with JobBike BW. Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Transport, November 27, 2019, accessed on January 7, 2020 .
  16. ^ Badische Zeitung: "Full service for the company bike"
  17. ↑ Doris Holler: VCÖ Mobility Award Austria to "Mobility Hub Bahnhof Dornbirn". In: oekonews.at
  18. ↑ Elektrofahrrad24.de: LeaseRad awarded for sustainable management . September 9, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2019
  19. ↑ Badische Zeitung: https://www.badische-zeitung.de/wirtschaft-regional/bz-jobmotor-2014-das-sind-die-gewinner--103556474.html
  20. ↑ Holger Schindler: Leaser bike benefits from the company bike regulation. In: Badische Zeitung . April 30, 2015. Accessed May 9, 2019
  21. ↑ Thomas Goebel: Tailwind from the tax office. In: Badische Zeitung . April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2019
  22. ↑ Petra Völzing: Freiburg company Leaserad: Success model Jobrad, in: Badische Zeitung
  23. ↑ Konstantin Görlich: Leaserad wants to get people on their bikes. In: Badische Zeitung . April 23, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2019
  24. ↑ Radmarkt: Land Price: LeaseRad and Zedler Institute among the top 10 companies
  25. ↑ Bike market: Job bike wins climate protection award
  26. ↑ CSR-News: JobRad wins Neumarkt sustainability award
  27. ↑ Andrea Reidl: Bike leasing through employers is booming - ver.di has something against it. In: Die Zeit Online. June 12, 2018, accessed May 9, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Compulsion to overpriced to buy out the job bike when changing employer. Retrieved on May 4, 2020 (German).
  29. ↑ Company bike in the employment relationship - cost traps upon termination of the employment contract. March 20, 2019, accessed on May 4, 2020 (German).