Three ways to offer TransitChek
Employers can offer TransitChek in a variety of ways: 

• Through employee-paid pre-tax payroll deduction. Employees buy vouchers through pre-tax payroll dollars, allowing them to protect up to $230 a month from federal income and FICA taxes. Employers save on the matching FICA taxes. This is the most popular way to offer TransitChek because both employers and employees see significant tax savings and the program pays for itself! Also, unlike flexible spending accounts, there's no use-it-or-lose-it penalty.
  
  
• As an employer-paid benefit. Employers provide TransitCheks as part of their benefits package. This is great option if you have a problem with employee parking and need an incentive to get commuters out of their cars. The entire cost of the program is tax-deductible.
  
  
• Share the fare. The employer gives a portion of TransitChek as a benefit, and employees pay the balance with pre-tax payroll deductions. It's the best of both worlds.

Flexible and customizable
Employers can tailor the TransitChek program to fit their needs.

• Make all seven TransitChek voucher denominations available to your employees, or streamline the program by offering a selection of denominations appropriate to your employees' commutes.
  
  
• If offering TransitChek through pre-tax payroll deductions, select how often payroll deductions will be taken and when changes to participation can be made.