Watch this video to learn about the living away from home allowance and tax: In addition to the salary you can receive as an employee, you may also be entitled to a living away from home allowance (LAFHA) which is used to compensate for the additional expenses and any disadvantage that you may suffer while assigned elsewhere [...]
Browsing Posts tagged reasonable accommodation
These concessions recognize that if an employee is required to live away from their usual place of residence, they will incur additional expenses which are fundamentally private or domestic in nature. The law permits employers to pay a tax free benefit, known as Living Away From Home Allowance (LAFHA), to cover these additional expenses. A [...]