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2023 Meeting Dates

2023 YVCOG Meeting Dates/Fechas De Las Reuniones 2023 – English and Español

2022 Meeting Dates

2022 YVCOG Meeting Dates/Fechas De Las Reuniones 2022 – English and Español

2021 Meeting Dates

2021 YVCOG Meeting Dates – English
Fechas De Las Reuniones 2021 – Español

2020 Meeting Dates

2020 YVCOG Meeting Dates – English
Fechas De Las Reuniones 2020 – Español

2019 Meeting Dates

2019 YVCOG Meeting Dates – English
Fechas De Las Reuniones 2019 – Español

2018 Meeting Dates

2018 YVCOG Meeting Dates – English
Fechas De Las Reuniones 2018 – Español

2017 Meeting Dates

2017 Meeting Dates – English
Fechas De Las Reuniones 2017 – Español

2016 Meeting Dates

2016 YVCOG Meeting Dates – English
Fechas De Las Reuniones 2016 – Español

YVCOG – Yakima Valley Conference of Governments

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What is an ETC?

What does an ETC do?

Commuter Benefits

Tired of driving alone to work every day, but not sure if you have better options?

Consider what can happen when you use alternate ways of getting to work (or even teleworking):

Good Faith Effort

What is a Good Faith Effort?

State Law define “good faith effort” by these two conditions:

YVCOG considers good faith effort when evaluating an employer’s level of commitment to achieving CTR goals.
One of two outcomes will result:

There are no civil penalties for failure to reach CTR goals. The YVCOG is here to work collaboratively with employers
to find solutions that make sense for them!

Employee Taxes

The IRS allows employees to use their own pre-tax dollars to take advantage of commuter benefits.

Employees have three options for reducing the cost of commuting:

Since 2016, the tax-free and pre-tax limits for commuter benefits provided by an employer are:

Employer Requirements

The CTR Law has six main requirements.

Participating Employers must:

CTR and Business Health

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Employer Taxes

Employers (and property managers) who provide CTR incentives are eligible for a
Washington State tax credit up to $100,000 per fiscal year (50% of the employee’s
benefit cost per fiscal year). No more than $60 per employee may be claimed in the
fiscal year.