Ready to set this up at your cafe
Email sales@thisisalice.com or call (929) 552-4625. We will get you onboarded in one call.
Savings shown or implied including any reference to "cash back" or take-home pay are illustrative. Actual savings depend on your tax rate, benefit elections, and eligible spending each pay period. "Cash back" in Alice's materials refers to the federal, state, and FICA payroll taxes you don't pay on eligible commuter spending. It is income tax you keep, not a cash payment from Alice, your employer, or any third party. Alice does not provide cash back, rebates, or any direct financial benefit in connection with the Program. Alice does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice. Consult your own tax preparer, lawyer, or financial advisor for guidance specific to your situation.
Specific benefits, election rules, and run-out periods depend on your employer's plan design. Check with your HR team or plan administrator for details.
Pretax Hero Visa Commercial Card is powered by Stripe and Alice Card is issued by Celtic Bank. Program funds held at Fifth Third Bank, N.A. (Member FDIC). Use of card and program is subject to the cardholder terms and related agreements presented at issuance.
Trademarks, brands, and product names referenced in this article are the property of their respective owners. References are for descriptive purposes only and do not imply endorsement. For definitive information about a third party's products or services, contact that party directly.
Alice does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice. Consult your own tax preparer, lawyer, or financial advisor for guidance specific to your situation.
Multi-location cafe rollouts with Alice
Meta description: Multi-location cafe and coffee chains can roll Alice pretax commuter benefits across every shop on one payroll connection. No up-front employer cost.
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Multi-location cafe and coffee chains can roll Alice across every shop on one payroll connection, with deductions routed to the right entity automatically. There is no up-front employer cost. We will get you onboarded in one call.
Why multi-location cafe groups offer Alice
Regional cafe and coffee groups (5 to 75 shops is the common range) compete against the national chains for hourly staff. Adding a pretax commuter benefit gives them a tangible benefit talking point in hiring without a per-shop HR lift. Alice handles the rollout centrally so the corporate office does not need a person per shop to manage enrollment. No employee pre-funding required and only a small reserve deposit from the employer.
This is different from traditional office-worker pretax benefit companies where you pay up front and manually manage enrollment and payroll on your own.
What cafe employees across the group get
Every eligible W-2 employee at every shop gets the Alice Card, a Visa commercial credit card issued by Celtic Bank and powered by Stripe. Program funds are held at Fifth Third Bank, N.A. (Member FDIC). The card works at transit fare gates, commuter rail vending, bus fareboxes, parking garages, parking lots, parking meters, and parking apps. IRS 2026 limits are $340 per month for transit and $340 per month for qualified parking under Rev. Proc. 2025-32.
Uber and Lyft are not IRS-eligible, with a narrow vanpool carve-out.
How multi-location cafe payroll connections work
Alice connects with 30+ payroll providers, including connections to ADP, UKG, Paylocity, Paycom, Paychex, Toast, and others. Multi-location cafe groups commonly run Toast Payroll or Gusto across every shop. Alice maps each employee to the correct EIN inside the payroll feed, so deductions post to the legal entity that employed them in that pay period. Franchised shops with separate payroll instances are handled through one Alice account with multiple connections layered underneath.
Setup speed
We will get you onboarded in one call. The corporate call kicks off the connection. Rollout to employees across every shop typically completes inside two weeks regardless of shop count.
How much cafe groups actually save
Employers save FICA on every pretax dollar an employee runs, compounding across the headcount of the entire group. Employees save about 20% on transit and qualified parking, actual savings depend on your tax situation. We frame the employee value as cash back at enrollment to drive participation.
FAQs for cafe groups
How are new shops onboarded? When the group opens or acquires a new shop, employees at that shop layer under the existing Alice contract through the same payroll connection.
Can shifts in tip pooling affect deduction math? No, the deduction posts against reported wages, including tips, so tip pooling does not change the eligible wage base.
Are seasonal hires eligible? Yes, eligibility tracks W-2 employment status.
Ready to roll Alice across your shops
Email sales@thisisalice.com or call (929) 552-4625. We will get you onboarded in one call.
Savings shown or implied including any reference to "cash back" or take-home pay are illustrative. Actual savings depend on your tax rate, benefit elections, and eligible spending each pay period. "Cash back" in Alice's materials refers to the federal, state, and FICA payroll taxes you don't pay on eligible commuter spending. It is income tax you keep, not a cash payment from Alice, your employer, or any third party. Alice does not provide cash back, rebates, or any direct financial benefit in connection with the Program. Alice does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice. Consult your own tax preparer, lawyer, or financial advisor for guidance specific to your situation.
Specific benefits, election rules, and run-out periods depend on your employer's plan design. Check with your HR team or plan administrator for details.
Pretax Hero Visa Commercial Card is powered by Stripe and Alice Card is issued by Celtic Bank. Program funds held at Fifth Third Bank, N.A. (Member FDIC). Use of card and program is subject to the cardholder terms and related agreements presented at issuance.
Trademarks, brands, and product names referenced in this article are the property of their respective owners. References are for descriptive purposes only and do not imply endorsement. For definitive information about a third party's products or services, contact that party directly.
Alice does not provide tax, legal, or financial advice. Consult your own tax preparer, lawyer, or financial advisor for guidance specific to your situation.
Pretax commuter benefits for CNAs, MAs, and home health aides
Meta description: Certified nursing assistants, medical assistants, and home health aides can save on transit and parking with Alice pretax commuter benefits.
Target keywords: CNA commuter benefits, medical assistant pretax, home health aide benefits, healthcare aide commuter, frontline healthcare pretax
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Certified nursing assistants, medical assistants, and home health aides can use Alice to run transit and qualified parking pretax. They save about 20% on those dollars, actual savings depend on your tax situation, with no up-front employer cost to the clinic, home health agency, or skilled nursing facility.
Why healthcare employers offer Alice
Frontline healthcare roles like CNAs, MAs, and home health aides carry high turnover and commute costs that fall disproportionately on the worker. A pretax commuter benefit is a retention tool that requires no up-front employer cost and no per-clinic HR lift. There is no manual open enrollment to manage, no employee pre-funding required, and only a small reserve deposit from the employer.
This is different from traditional office-worker pretax benefit companies where you pay up front and manually manage enrollment and payroll on your own. We will get you onboarded in one call.