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Can I put me and my wife's metrocard costs as an above-the-line deduction in our joint tax return
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I found in a tax book ( jklasser) that some employers offer employees a commuter fringe benefit which applies at times as a salary reduction before taxes up to $130 a month. My employer does not offer this benefit, but my question is, if indeed we do have the receipts that we paid this costs in transportion buying our metrocards in MTA kiosks to get to our jobs, if we are not able to reduce those costs as an above-the-line deduction. This would reduce our tax liability in about $450 this year. Thanks in advance for your response.
Stephen Richard MarkmanLitigation LawyerBrooklyn, NY ·
The money it costs you to get to and from your job (whether it be by car, bus, ferry, subway, train or otherwise) is YOUR expense and is not tax deductible.
Certain transportation expenses (which occur, during the work day AFTER you arrive at your first location of the day) ARE deductible but that does not apply to you.
You can go ahead and throw away those receipts.
