Ogletree Deakins: DC Commuter Benefits Are Almost Here, Employers Must Comply by January 1 | Practical Law

Ogletree Deakins: DC Commuter Benefits Are Almost Here, Employers Must Comply by January 1 | Practical Law

This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. is a reminder that under the Sustainable DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2014, public, private, and nonprofit employers with 20 or more full- or part-time employees working in DC must offer commuter benefits to employees by January 1, 2016. Employers have three compliance options, either an employee-paid pretax benefit program (under Section 132(f) of the IRC), an employer-paid benefit program or employer-provided transportation at no cost to employees. A covered employer that fails to offer at least one of the commuter benefit program options will be subject to fines and penalties.

Ogletree Deakins: DC Commuter Benefits Are Almost Here, Employers Must Comply by January 1

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Published on 02 Nov 2015 • District of Columbia, United States
This Law Firm Publication by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. is a reminder that under the Sustainable DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2014, public, private, and nonprofit employers with 20 or more full- or part-time employees working in DC must offer commuter benefits to employees by January 1, 2016. Employers have three compliance options, either an employee-paid pretax benefit program (under Section 132(f) of the IRC), an employer-paid benefit program or employer-provided transportation at no cost to employees. A covered employer that fails to offer at least one of the commuter benefit program options will be subject to fines and penalties.
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