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IRS tackles paperless employer transportation assistance plans

Human resources managers will want to study several new IRS rulings on non-cash benefits to commuting employees.

By Dan Cook | Updated on November 25, 2014
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Human resources managers will want to study several new IRS rulings on non-cash benefits to commuting employees. The IRS has delved deeply into various systems for assisting workers with commuting costs with the intention of determining whether these forms of assistance should be included in the employees’ gross income.

In essence, the IRS is examining a transition from paper transit vouchers to virtual vouchers. The conundrum here has to do with the media itself. The paper transit vouchers of old were handed out (or paid for) by employers, and employees could only use them for mass transit purposes. While some were perhaps using them for personal travel as well, the system itself was a simple one.

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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