RE: Getting Per Diem (was Per Diem Question)

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Gene Kim-Eng wrote:
 
> Presented this way, "per diem" is probably just accounting 
> hocus-pocus.
> Reimbursements by employer for employee expenses are not 
> taxable, so if the "normal" rate is $50/hr and the "per diem" 
> offer is $30/hr with a $20/r per diem, as long as the 
> employer is recording the $20/hr as expense reimbursement 
> rather than pay it costs them the same but you won't have to 
> pay taxes on it. <snip>

Exactly. And what they're basically telling you is, "Mr. Lewis (or
whatever your name is), we're not so eager to hire you specifically that
we'll pay more than someone who's local. But, since it costs us nothing
and we like you, we'll help you minimize your taxes." 

Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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