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2. Purpose of Webinar
To provide employers with guidance on developing or enhancing their commuter benefits program.
From this webinar you will learn about:
Explain commuter benefits and advantages
Assistance with the Maryland Commuter Tax Credit
Apply strategies that encourage employee participation in offerings
Assistance with program implementation
On-going support
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3. Agenda
Commuter Choice Maryland
Commuter Benefit Options
Maryland Commuter Tax Credit
Strategies to Boost Your Program
Next Steps
Additional Tools and Resources
3
4. Poll
What are you most interested in learning more about in this training?
1. Maryland Tax Credit
2. Expanding Commuter Benefits
3. Pre-tax option
4. Other
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6. What is Commuter Choice Maryland?
The Maryland Department of Transportation’s (MDOT), Travel Demand Management (TDM)
Program
Vision: to increase the use of public transportation, ridesharing, walking, biking, teleworking, and
alternative work schedules, to enhance the quality of life of Maryland residents
Enables MDOT to address key goals, objectives and strategies to maximize traveler choice and
deliver transportation solutions and services to reduce congestion, conserve the environment, and
facilitate economic opportunity
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7. Program Services
For Employers
Provide on-going support
Webinars on a range of transportation topics
Provide up-to-date information on commuter
benefit options and the commuter tax credit
Provide marketing materials and information
on employee commute options
For Commuters
Provide online and printed resources
on transportation options
Promote the use of Guaranteed Ride
Home (where applicable)
Provide information to commuters to increase
their knowledge and comfort-level with using
transportation options
7
8. Poll Question
How did you travel to work today?
Carpool/Vanpool
Drove Alone
Transit (Rail or Bus)
Biked
Walked
Other
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10. What are
Commuter
Benefits?
Commuter benefits result in savings for both the employer
and the employee. Below is an example of employee
savings by deducting pre-tax benefits from their salary.
The example below is based on an employee who
receives the maximum transit benefit of $260 per month
for an entire year, $3,120.
Commuter Benefits are transportation
fringe benefits regulated under Section
132(f) of the IRS Tax Code.
As of January 2018, federal law allows
employers to offer employees up to $260
per month as a pre-tax deduction or tax-
free subsidy for use on transit, vanpools or
parking.
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Employee Savings Transit ($260/Month)
Federal Income Tax 22.00% (686)
FICA: Social Security 6.20% (194)
FICA: Medicare 1.45% (45)
State Income Tax 4.75% (148)
Employee Tax Savings $(1,073)
Net Cost to Employees $ 2,047
11. Why offer Commuter Benefits?
There are many great results from offering commuter benefits to employees including:
Reduced bottom line costs
Increased quality of work and productivity
Recruitment and retention
Improved morale and work life balance
Reduced parking demand
Improved organization desirability
Sustainability goals
Tax incentives
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12. Option 1a: Employer Support Option
An employer provides an employee up to
$260 per month in tax-free commuter benefits
The employee rides transit all month for low
or no cost
As of January 2018, employers are no longer
allowed to deduct expenses tied to providing
transit subsidies
Employers continue to NOT have to pay
payroll taxes on employer provided benefits
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13. Option 1b: Employee Pre-Tax
An employee purchases a transit pass using
a pre-tax salary deduction
The employee’s federal, state and FICA taxes
are reduced because of the lowered taxable
wages
Employee can ride transit all month for less
than a full fare
The employer saves on payroll taxes
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14. Option 1c: Combination
An employer pays for a portion of an
employee’s transit costs
The employee pays for the remaining costs
using a pre-tax salary deduction
Employers are no longer allowed to deduct
expenses tied to providing transit subsidies
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15. Poll Question
What benefits do you currently offer?
1. Option 1a, Employer Supported
2. Option 1b, Employee Pre-Tax
3. Option 1c, Combination
4. Not sure/need assistance
15
17. What is the Maryland Commuter Tax Credit?
Employers may claim a tax credit
for 50 percent of the eligible
costs of providing commuter
benefits up to a maximum of
$100.00 per participating
employee per month.
The tax credit can be taken
against the state personal
income tax, corporate income tax
or the insurance premium tax.
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18. Useful Tool: Commuter Benefit
Tax Savings Calculator
Using the commuter benefit tax savings
calculator on the Commuter Choice Maryland
Employer page can help you see how much
you and your employee can save.
You will be able to navigate the commuter
benefit options explained using the “Employer
Contribution” drop down to calculate the
difference in benefit choices.
http://www.mdot.maryland.gov/newMDOT/
Commuter/Employers
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19. Qualifying for the Tax Credit
Requirements
Must be a Maryland employer, including
501(c)(3) or (4) organizations
Employers must pay a portion of the cost of
an employee’s travel between the employee’s
home and workplace, including the purchase
of transit instruments
A business may also qualify for a credit for a
portion of the amount paid to provide their
employees a Guaranteed Ride Home and/or
parking “Cash-Out” program
Qualifying expenses:
The credit is applicable to the following
expenses:
MTA passes, fare cards, smart cards or
vouchers used by employees to ride publicly or
privately-owned transit systems except taxis
Local Transit
WMATA system instruments
Company vanpool program
Guaranteed Ride Home program
Cash in Lieu of Parking program
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20. How to Register for the
Maryland Commuter Tax Credit
Complete the commuter tax credit registration
form:
The registration form must be completed
each time a business applies for the
Commuter Tax Credit.
The online registration form can be accessed
at CommuterChoicemaryland.com or directly
at https://www.research.net/r/MDTAXCREDIT
Paper forms are no longer being accepted
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21. How to Obtain the
Maryland Commuter Tax Credit
Complete form 500CR or 508CR for
submission with your Maryland State
Taxes
501(c)(3) & (4) complete 508CR attached to
form MW508
All other businesses file 500CR
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22. Poll Question
Would you like assistance with the Maryland Commuter Tax Credit?
A. Yes
B. No
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23. Boost your Commuter Benefits
Program
Strategies to Boost Participation in Commuter Benefits
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24. Financial Incentives
Use our financial calculator to examine the true cost of commuting and the savings based on
commuter benefit offerings.
Through financial incentives you can:
Reduce parking demand
Lower parking rates for carpools and vanpools
Offering cash in lieu of free parking
Transit subsidies
Provide free or subsidized transit passes, vanpool vehicles or shuttle services from transit hubs
Pre-tax benefits, allowing employees to use the salary deduction option to use towards their monthly commuting
costs
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25. Facilities and Services
Using the following tactics will make non-SOV commute options more appealing and viable
Bike parking and/or storage
Showers and lockers
Preferred parking for carpool and vanpool vehicles
Provide free shuttles, car share membership so employees are less inclined to use their own vehicle
Provide a guaranteed ride home benefit
If your organization is leasing in a building, talk with the building owner to negotiate the installation of these
amenities or offer to share the cost of installation.
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26. Telecommute/Alternative Work Schedules
Telework and flexible
scheduling enhances a commuter
benefits program by
Reducing commute time by avoiding rush
hour traffic
Less commute stress leading to more
productive employees
Less trafffic congestion during peak hours
Increased flexibility
Financial savings
Increase job satisfaction
Decreased absenteeism
The following options are low/no cost
commute solutions:
Teleworking
Telecommuting
Alternative Work Schedules
Compressed Work Week
Flextime
Staggered Shifts
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27. How it Works
Telecommuting: flexible arrangement that allows an employee to work from home or an
alternate workplace
Telework: A more permanent situation where the employee is working from home and has no
scheduled time in the office
Compressed Work Week: Allows employees to work a traditional work week in less than the
traditional number of days (e.g. 9/80, 4/40)
Flextime: Offers flexibility in arrival and departure times to avoid the peak commute hours
Staggered Shifts: shifts that start at different times of the day
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28. Ridesharing
Carpooling
Carpooling is a form of ridesharing that
many employees are willing to try
Incentivize carpoolers by providing
preferential or low-cost parking
Rideshare coordinators can help find
matches for employees
Carshare memberships are also popular
solutions to reducing solo driving to work
Vanpooling
Rideshare Coordinators can connect you with
vanpool leasing companies that can assist
with vehicle leasing, pricing, ridematching and
start-up incentives
Vanpool companies are available to set-up
formation meetings at the employer location
to get employees started
If your organization chooses to provide an
employer-paid vanpool program, the vanpool
company will work directly with you to set up
a fleet of vans for your worksite
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30. Initial Steps
Schedule a meeting with a Rideshare Coordinator
Discuss any concerns and/or barriers during the meeting
The Rideshare Coordinator will help you set achievable goals
and determine a plan of action
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31. Employer Transportation Coordinator
o Select an employee to be the Employer Transportation Coordinator (ETC) this will ensure that all
the necessary steps are taken to determine, develop and set-up a commuter benefits program.
o Some common ETC’s include: Senior Employee, Human Resources Representative, Sustainability
or Facility Manager.
o The ETC will serve as a liaison to staff in the workplace to implement, promote and administer the
worksites’ commuter benefits program
o Depending on the size of the organization it may be beneficial to put together a team of enthusiastic
employees to support the ETC’s efforts. For example an employee bike group or sustainability
steering committee.
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32. Conduct an Employee Commute Survey
Survey tips:
To understand employees commute needs,
transportation needs and employee interest,
conducting a survey will help understand the
travel behavior, barriers, and interest in other
alternative options or benefits
Your Commuter Choice Maryland Rideshare
Coordinator can provide a thorough analysis
of survey results and help develop a
transportation plan to provide the most
effective commuter benefits options for their
work site and employees
Sample survey questions:
How do you usually get to work?
How much do you spend on commute
expenses?
How far do you live from your workplace?
Are you aware of the transit options around
your workplace?
Are you a full-time or part-time employee?
What transportation options do you want to
learn more about?
Are you interested in commuter benefits?
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33. Decide How to Administer
Will the program be administered in-house?
Interested in hiring an outside vendor?
Consider the following:
Time it takes to administer benefits
Up-front funding
Lead times
Cost
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34. Create a Commuter Benefits Policy
Create a commuter benefits policy so employees can understand:
Who can qualify for commuter benefits
What benefits are available
Probationary period, if required
When to enroll
How and when can they cancel benefits
Who to contact with any issues or questions
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35. Promoting the Program
Create a benefits enrollment form
Send out an e-communications to staff
Post of the company intranet
Include information in employee paychecks
Post flyers in shared spaces (break room, HR, etc.)
Update employee handbook to reflect new transit benefits and policies
Include commuter benefits information in new-hire orientation
Have a Rideshare Coordinator present at a lunch and learn
Host a Commuter or Benefits Fair
Encourage employees to sign up!!
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36. We are always here to help!
Connect with a Rideshare Coordinator
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