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Commuter Benefits

Money saving transportation plans for commuters.

Commuter Benefits are account-based transportation benefit plans that offer participants tax savings on work-related commuting expenses. Clients can choose to offer a transit and/or parking account to their participants.

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Transit Accounts

With Commuter Benefits, employers can offer participants transit accounts for their work-related commuting expenses. Transit accounts can be used to pay for commute expenses to and from the workplace. Eligible transit expenses include passes, tokens, fare cards, vouchers, or similar items for:

  • Mass transit (such as the train, bus, subway, or ferry)
  • Commuter highway vehicles (such as vanpools)
Young woman commuting by train, highlighting how transit benefit accounts support employee well-being and reduce commuting costs.
Row of parked cars in an underground parking garage, illustrating commuter benefits parking accounts for convenient and tax-advantaged employee parking solutions.

Parking Accounts

With Commuter Benefits, employers can offer participants parking accounts for their work-related parking expenses. Parking accounts can be used to pay for the following types of parking:

  • At or near the participant’s regular place of employment
  • At a location from which a participant commutes to work by carpool, commuter highway vehicle, or mass transit

Benefits Card Technology

Funds for Commuter Benefits are auto-loaded to a Benefits Card and can be used to pay for eligible parking and transit expenses anywhere the card is supported.

Additionally, smart technology allows all EBC account- based products, including FSA, HSA, and HRA, to be loaded on one Benefits Card.

Parking meter alongside a quiet city street, representing commuter benefits cards that simplify employee parking and transit reimbursements.
Workstation featuring a laptop, smartphone, coffee mug, and handwritten notes, highlighting commuter benefits compliance support services ensuring accurate and efficient management.

Additional Services

Our Compliance Services provide employers with the support they need to meet important regulations. We offer the following add-on services to employers who use EBC to administer other benefit offerings:

  • Wrap plan documents: Wrap your health and welfare benefits into a single plan document and summary plan description (SPD) to simplify administration, combine required notices, and eliminate the need to submit multiple Form 5500s.
  • Form 5500: We prepare your health and welfare benefit plan Form 5500 to meet ERISA reporting requirements. This is included with our health care FSA and is an additional fee for other products.
  • Nondiscrimination testing: We gather information from you and perform the required testing on your behalf. Annual testing is included with our FSA and POP administration and is an additional fee for other products.

Commuter Benefits Product Sheet

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Learn why brokers, employers, and participants love Employee Benefits Corporation.

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Connect with us by phone at
(800) 346-2126 or by email at sales@ebcflex.com