I’m a bit conflicted about using the tax code to promote certain behaviours, but I’m nonetheless passing along this information about a pending proposal for a Virginia tax credit for individuals who commute to work by bike.\u00c2\u00a0 Lifted almost wholesale from a WABA email:<\/p>\n
Act Now: Support HB 1826 for Bicycle Commuting Tax Credits<\/strong><\/p>\n The Washigton Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) and <\/span>the Virginia Bicycling Federation (VBF) urge all HB 1826 proposes two different types of income tax credit for expenditures related to bicycle commuting:<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n The bill has been referred to the House of Delegates Finance Committee and will reportedly be heard by HOW YOU CAN HELP:<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n I’m a bit conflicted about using the tax code to promote certain behaviours, but I’m nonetheless passing along this information about a pending proposal for a Virginia tax credit for individuals who commute to work by bike.\u00c2\u00a0 Lifted almost wholesale from a WABA email: Act Now: Support HB 1826 for Bicycle Commuting Tax Credits The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cycling","category-policy","category-virginia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVirginia cyclists to support HB 1826 which is now before the Virginia General Assembly.\u00c2\u00a0 HB 1826 would
\npromote bicycle commuting by encouraging employers to provide bicycle commuting accommodations at the
\nworkplace and by offering a modest income tax credit of $15\/month for employees who commute by bicycle on
\n10 or more days per month.<\/p>\n\n
\nWABA and VBF strongly support both proposed tax credits, but we have suggested expanding the employer credit to include rented as well as purchased facilities, to include all types of suitable bicycle parking facilities (not just
\nracks), and to include employee clothes changing and storage facilities as well as employee showers.<\/p>\n
\nFinance Subcommittee #3 on Wednesday, Jan. 24 and by the full Finance Committee as early as Monday, Jan.
\n29.\u00c2\u00a0 A favorable fiscal impact statement has already been issued by the Virginia Department of Taxation.<\/p>\n\n
\nLINKS TO MORE INFORMATION:
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\nHB 1826 bill history<\/a>
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\nHB 1826 text as introduced<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"