Originally Posted by
Davetastic
If you work here then you would know that taxable travel incurred in a given month is not imputed until 3 months later and divided into 2 pay periods. So, even if your math formula is correct, the $5000 of imputed income in one pay period that "your buddy" claimed he incurred would mean that in actuality he would have incurred $10,000 in one month of imputed income to make your claim of "zero take home" accurate which I think is total BS. I'm not calling you a liar, I'm calling "your buddy" a liar.
In your case, when you had $2500 of imputed income in one month, it was divided across two pay periods ($1250) three months later so you still have substantial take home pay(relatively speaking).
I was imputed a total of $2700 my first year and $1600 my second year. IN TOTAL.
Imputed income needs to go but it is hit and miss and most certainly not so exaggerated as "your buddy" claims.
I've never hit anywhere close to that either and yes you're right it's divided into two periods so $10,000. That's entirely possible in the Summer in Anchorage to hit that if you have to commute up there a bunch of times and sit Reserve. I do realize that we get bulk deals on hotels but kayak has it at $360 a night plus taxes July 1st through the 19th. Sometimes you do actually sit R2. 18 times $360 is $6,480 just on the hotel. The old Hilton we use to stay at is $200 a night. Commuting up there isn't cheap in the Summer either and when you're junior you're likely to be on a split 60 line of R2 with multiple commutes.