Originally Posted by
Naviator
Commuting expenses are not deductible by an employee from their wages. However a company can choose to pay the commuting expenses in lieu of wages and deduct it as a business expense to the company. This is what it seems Breeze is doing. As long as the set aside commuting dollars never hit the W-2 as wages there will not be a problem.
Unless you get audited! It doesn’t matter how the company lists the income. If there was a way to do this legally every airline would do it. If for example you are provided a company car to drive to and from work you have to determine the value of the use of that car and claim it as imputed income. Same if you get a company paid life insurance policy.