Originally Posted by
gloopy
I think that means they'd calculate the buddy pass yield fare and then instead of charging that to the employee, they'd put that amount into income for the purpose of taxing it. So a $200 fee would be treated like $200 of income and you'd pay whatever taxes you'd owe for that amount in conjunction with the rest of your income etc.
Wow!! That’s horrible. My husband works for DGS... we use the flight benefits quite frequently to see our family overseas... actually, pretty much all the employees work there because of it! Nobody wants to stay with them, not worth it anymore...