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Everything you need to know about corporate rewards

No marketing fluff. Practical guides, honest comparisons and clear definitions — written for the people running programmes.

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Guides
Deep, practical guides for reward programmes.
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Tax, cultural and operational, by country.
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Glossary
Concepts explained clearly on one screen.
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Opinions, comparisons and case studies.

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Country guide

Country guides

Country guide · 6 min read

Are gift cards taxable for employees in the UK?

When a staff gift card is tax-free in the UK, the four HMRC conditions, what breaks the exemption, and the director's £300 annual cap — for the 2026/27 tax year.

Eva Kools
Country guide · 6 min read

Small Benefit Exemption: give employees up to €1,500 tax-free

How Ireland's Small Benefit Exemption works in 2026 — the €1,500 annual cap across up to five non-cash benefits, which vouchers qualify, and what to report under Enhanced Reporting.

Eva Kools
Country guide · 5 min read

Are gift cards taxable for employees in the US?

Why the IRS treats employee gift cards as taxable wages, what the de minimis rule does and doesn't cover, and how to run a recognition program that stays compliant.

Eva Kools

Glossary

Glossary

Glossary · 5 min read

Open-loop vs closed-loop gift cards: the difference

Network-branded prepaid (Visa, Mastercard) vs single-brand vouchers — and why the distinction matters for German Sachbezug, fraud risk and breakage.

Eva Kools
Glossary · 3 min read

Digital vs virtual gift cards: are they the same?

Why the terms are usually synonyms, where the edge cases sit, and what to ask a vendor when 'digital' really means 'PDF in an email'.

Eva Kools
Glossary · 4 min read

Multi-store choice cards: how they work

The product that makes Sachbezug, WKR and trivial-benefits programs simple: one code, the recipient chooses the brand.

Eva Kools
Glossary · 4 min read

B2B vs B2C gift cards: what really differs

The same brand, very different purchasing rails: invoicing, bulk delivery, audit trail, multi-country, API.

Marc Hendriks
Glossary · 3 min read

Bulk gift card ordering: the basics

Per-card vs bulk vs API. When each makes sense, what fees to watch for, and what good reporting looks like.

Daan Bakker
Glossary · 4 min read

What is a corporate gift card?

Definition, mechanics and how a corporate program differs from a consumer purchase — plus the tax and operational headlines for HR and finance.

Eva Kools

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