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An employer in the United States may provide transportation benefits to their employees that are tax free up to a certain limit. Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code section 132 (a), the qualified transportation benefits are one of the eight types of statutory employee benefits (also known as fringe benefits) that are excluded from gross income ...
This tax, known popularly as the "mobility tax", or the "MTA tax", is intended to provide funds for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which transports many of the region's commuters. Philadelphia has a 3.924% wage tax on residents and a 3.495% tax on non-residents for wages earned in the city as of August 2013.
On February 1, 2023, as part of her Executive Budget proposal to the New York State Legislature, Governor Kathy Hochul proposed raising the MTA payroll tax, a move projected to increase revenue by $800 million, and also giving the MTA some of the money from casinos expected at present to be licensed soon for business in Manhattan.
State Group Joins Rockland's Fight Against MTA Payroll Tax - New City, NY - Rockland wants tax scrapped, better service from MTA and $220M in damages.
Legislator: Rockland Should Join Legal Fight to Overturn MTA Tax - New City, NY - Businesses hit with payroll tax to support MTA; Rockland gets less in transportation service than it pays...
Rockland Backs Plan In State Senate To Kill MTA Payroll Tax - New City, NY - Rockland estimates the new tax costs county governments and business an extra $18M, without any transit services....
Town Urges Residents to File Protective Claims For MTA Payroll Tax Refunds The Town of Huntington recently filed a claim to recover MTA payroll tax payments and is urging residents to do the same.
Legislature Passes Day's Resolutions Against MTA Tax Impositions - New City, NY -
In July 2010, Mangano announced that Nassau County had filed a lawsuit against the State of New York and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) challenging the legality of the 0.34% Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax, a payroll tax levied on employers in the 12-county area served by the MTA.
Partial Rollback Of The MTA Payroll Tax A Beginning - New City, NY - County legislators say Rocklanders have paid $18 million yearly