Supporting Transit Commutes Act
Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers to deduct certain transportation fringe benefits.
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Supporting Transit Commutes Act
This bill provides employers a tax deduction for certain transportation fringe benefits given to employees.
Under the bill, employers may deduct costs for providing employees transportation in a commuter highway vehicle (e.g., van pool) between the employee’s home and place of work or a transit pass. The amount of the deduction cannot exceed the aggregate exclusion amount for such fringe benefits ($325 per month per employee in 2025 and adjusted annually). Further, under the bill, the deduction cannot exceed 50% of such amount for transportation fringe benefits provided under a salary reduction agreement.
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- SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- S-3 GROUP
- S-3 GROUP
- SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
- S-3 GROUP
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
- Small Business Administration (SBA)
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 409: Supporting Transit Commutes Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-409/
"H.R. 409: Supporting Transit Commutes Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-409/.
H.R. 409, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-409/.
[H.R. 409: Supporting Transit Commutes Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-409/)