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FY18 Omnibus moves transit funding in the right direction
![press release](https://t4america.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Press-release-featured3.png)
Upon the release of the FY18 omnibus appropriations bill by the House of Representatives, Transportation for America Director Kevin F. Thompson released the following statement:
Congress permanently increases commuter tax benefit for transit riders
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After years of effort from T4America, the Association for Commuter Transportation and scores of others, in late 2015, Congress finally raised the pre-tax benefit that can be claimed for commuting via transit, permanently equalizing that fringe tax benefit with the benefit for parking expenses.