Originally Posted by
Twin Wasp
The company will add the cost of a ticket to your pay, compute tax withholding on the grossed up amount (since it is a benefit to you) and then deduct the cost of the ticket from your pay.
Sometimes.
I just finished my first year and told the wife to unpack my opinions
During that time I flew to ANC almost every pattern and flew to HSV twice when I moved there. I never flew back from ANC (always deadheaded somewhere on Atlas) and have flown back from HSV twice. In that year I haven't been imputed for a single hotel stay, and got only one imputed ticket to ANC. I've heard various theories on what causes you to get "on the radar" for imputed income, but they are only educated guesses. The CA I flew with today said he gets hit every time. YMWV. Not "may vary," but certainly "will vary."