TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE COMMUTER TAX BENEFIT

This article explores the ways a part of the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), the Commuter Tax Benefit, can help employees pay for commuting costs, help boost transit revenue and ridership, and help both employers and employees save money through tax deductions. For public transit industry, the program's biggest benefit is in increased ridership and increased transit pass sales. The article includes some success stories describing how some systems have promoted the Commuter Tax Benefit to their advantage.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Community Transportation Association

  1341 G Street, NW, 10th Floor
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Michels, T
• Publication Date: 1999-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 30-32
• Serial:
  • Community Transportation
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Community Transportation Association
  • ISSN: 0895-4437

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Employee assistance programs; Employee benefits; Employer sponsored transportation; Public transit; Revenues; Ridership; Taxes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Community transportation; Commuter tax benefit; Tea-21
• Subject Areas: Finance; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762041
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 12 1999 12:00AM