Commuter Tax Benefits

Mode of
Transportation
Transit
Vanpool
Parking
Incentive
Up to $100/month, $1200/year for transit expenses.
Up to $100/month, $1200/year for vanpool expenses.
Up to $175/month, $2100/year, for parking at or near an employer's worksite, or at a facility from which the employee commutes via transit, vanpool or carpool.
Employer Tax Benefits
Employers:
  • Give their employees up to $100/month to commute via transit;
  • Receive a tax deduction; and,
  • Saves over providing same value in gross income.
-OR-
Employers:
  • Allow employees to use pre-tax income to pay for transit;
  • Save on payroll tax (at least 7.65% savings)
-OR-

A combination of both

Employers:
  • Give employees up to $100/month to commute via vanpool;
  • receive tax deduction;
  • Save over providing same value in gross income
-OR-
Employers:
  • Allow employees to use pre-tax income to pay for vanpooling; and,
  • Save on payroll tax (at least 7.65% savings)
-OR-

A combination of both.

Employers:
  • Give their employees up to $175/month for qualified parking;
  • Receive a tax deduction;
  • Save over providing same value in gross income.

-OR-

Employers:

  • Allow employees to use pre-tax income to pay for vanpooling; and,
  • Save on payroll tax (at least 7.65% savings)
-OR-

A combination of both.

Employee Tax Benefits
Employee:
  • Receives up to $100/month tax free
    (not on W-2 Form)
-OR-
Employee:
  • Pays for commute benefit with the pre-tax income and saves on income tax;
-OR-

A combination of both

Employee:
  • Receives up to $100/month tax free
    (not on W-2 Form)
-OR-
Employee:
  • Pays for commute benefit with the pre-tax income and saves on income tax;
-OR-

A combination of both

Employee:
  • Receives up to $100/month tax free
    (not on W-2 Form)
-OR-
Employee:
  • Pays for commute benefit with the pre-tax income and saves on income tax;
-OR-

A combination of both

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