{"id":421,"date":"2026-08-02T23:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=421"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T21:34:17","slug":"function-fee","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/glossary\/function-fee\/","title":{"rendered":"function fee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While being a student representative is not a paid job, the UV can decide to pay student representatives a <em>function fee<\/em> to compensate for their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Function fees are taxable income and may affect the eligibility limits for scholarships or social benefits.<\/strong> See the <a href=\"https:\/\/htu.at\/leitfaden-funktionsgebuehren\/\">HTU guidelines<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The current function fees paid by Hufak are documented in the financial regulations, and are limited by the upper limits stated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ris.bka.gv.at\/NormDokument.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&amp;Gesetzesnummer=20008892&amp;Artikel=&amp;Paragraf=31&amp;Anlage=&amp;Uebergangsrecht=\"><strong>\u00a7<\/strong> 31 HSG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hufak is required to report earnings from function fees to the tax office if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the total remuneration paid to the official in the calendar year for all services including any reimbursement of travel expenses is more than EUR 900 OR<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the remuneration, including any reimbursement of travel expenses, for an individual service is more than EUR 450.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While being a student representative is not a paid job, the UV can decide to pay student representatives a function fee to compensate for their work. Function fees are taxable income and may affect the eligibility limits for scholarships or social benefits. See the HTU guidelines for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","glossary-cat":[],"class_list":["post-421","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"related_terms":"","external_url":"","internal_reference_id":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/421\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary-cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/temp.hufak.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary-cat?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}