Qualified Transportation Plans
Design and Compliance Issues (Including the New Bicycle Commuting Benefit)
Available immediately and for 60 days after purchase.
Qualified transportation plans are a smart way to help the environment, benefit employees, and reduce the employer’s FICA tax burden. Whether you already sponsor a plan, are considering adding one, or provide assistance with plan administration, join our experts for this 90-minute web seminar. We’ll help you assess your compliance and design options, including qualified parking, transit passes, vanpooling, and the new bicycle commuting expense benefit.
Originally presented on January 29, 2009.
For one registration fee ($249), you and your co-workers may view the seminar as many times as you wish for 60 days after purchase.
Seminar Level
Topics Covered
Here’s some of what was covered:
- Types of plans and options, how they work, and related design issues.
- What benefits can be offered and how the new qualified bicycle commuting expense benefit differs from the others.
- How to handle carryovers of unused amounts and forfeitures.
- Expense substantiation and other reimbursement hurdles, such as the voucher (1%) rule.
- Current dollar limits for qualified parking, transit pass, vanpooling, and bicycle commuting expenses.
- Which debit card and smartcard arrangements are permissible for what expenses and how do they work? What’s the effect of the IRS’s decision to further delay the effective date of guidance on these issues?
- Can electronic payment cards qualify as vouchers, and how does that affect the substantiation requirements?
- Paperwork and other requirements.
Details
Speakers: Cheryl Risley Hughes and John W. Haine. Ms. Hughes is an attorney and principal with Sanders, Schnabel & Brandenburg, P.C. in Washington, D.C. She is a Contributing Author of EBIA’s Consumer-Driven Health Care and Fringe Benefits manuals. Mr. Haine is an attorney and Senior Editor at Thomson Reuters/EBIA. He is the Editor and Contributing Author of EBIA’s Fringe Benefits manual.
Handouts: A handout of the seminar slides and other information is provided through download.
Viewing Details
You and your co-workers may view the seminar as many times as you wish during a 60-day viewing window.
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