Tax scam bill - Commuting to work. Sorry bike riders.

[underpants]

Commuting

Employees should also note that buried in the tax law are changes affecting commuters. The tax law eliminates a break that currently allows companies to deduct some of the cost of providing parking and transit passes. It also ends a $20 a month benefit to help cover the costs of employees who bicycle to work.

The provisions could push employers to stop subsidizing their workers’ tabs for parking, mass transit and bike maintenance.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-22/wealthy-americans-are-already-trying-to-exploit-the-new-tax-law?utm_campaign=pol&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

[MissB]

1. That $20 will be missed but it probably wont stop bike commuters

It is so much cheaper to bike than to drive. (I drive; DH bikes.)

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. As Bill Maher said the Republican motto is "What would a dick do?"

[gratuitous]

3. Bicycle commuter for more than a decade

I've never received such a benefit, and its existence is news to me. I wonder if I can get that two or three grand retroactively?

[kelly1mm]

5. The $20 per month benefit was for the employer providing infrastructure (assuming they did)

for bike commuters, not for the employee themselves. So no back payment for you ......

[gratuitous]

6. Oh

It's true that our office building provides bike racks for free in the underground parking garage. This being bicycle-mad Portland, I doubt they'll remove the racks just because the subsidy is ending, but youneverknow.

[kelly1mm]

4. del - wrong area