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A housing stipend is taxable, unless you are staying at a work location for your employer's convenience.

But yes, Accountants can help you evade taxes in ways unlikely to be audited or caught.



It's not evasion if it's legal, it's avoidance, and it's perfectly legitimate.


It's fully within the bounds of tax law, something which I (and my accountant) made very clear I want to stay within. Our tax code is a joke, yes, and in need of actual reform, but this itself doesn't put me in any legal grey area whatsoever.




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