Cathay Pacific Q's

[NorskAir]

Wow, Brown Cow and (O)(O), the rejection letter from CX must have been a bitter pill.

 

[80for80]

How come Cathay guys are showing up in UPS newhire classes if Cathay is so great?

 

[aussiefly]

read it again (O)(O) actually works for CX

 

[rflight2u]

I interviewed there a couple months ago. Two questions they asked me that I couldn't answer.. where
1. discibe in detail the hirerarcy of the hong kong goverment.
2. what is the approx. corilois force at the the approx lat/long of hong kong...

 

[Airbusdrvr]

Bjammin, that per diem is not tax free, just because it does not show up on your W-2 form does not mean its tax free, to be all cozy with the IRS you should report that $$$ and then list where your overnights are and take that as a deduction. That is the correct way to do it.

I am glad you are Happy at CX, I am too, but we need to make sure all facts are being presented, not just the honeymoon stages of your first year.

 

[VVJM265]

Bjammin, that per diem is not tax free, just because it does not show up on your W-2 form does not mean its tax free, to be all cozy with the IRS you should report that $$$ and then list where your overnights are and take that as a deduction. That is the correct way to do it.

Just wondered why no per diem from the Navy ever showed up on my W-2. My high month was Aug 2000 at $5463

Generally it is tax free, only excess amounts over the federal rates need be claimed.

"However, if an employer pays expense allowances that exceed the federal per diem rates, the excess amounts are subject to income tax and employment tax if they are not repaid to the employer, unless the employee actually substantiates all of the expenses covered by the per diem allowance."

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=164208,00.html

Probably best for you CX guys to check with a CPA well versed in your situation; but I'm thinking that it is pretty much tax free.

Fly safe gents,
265

 

[Fit59]

And we are getting extra allowance for those working on Christmas and or New Years... Time to consult the accountant! BTW, CX per diem is paid in cash at the layover port... Tis a lot more difficult for the IRS to track!

Happy holidays

(I didn't use a spell checker, so I hope the spelling/grammar police don't show up!)

 

[Brown Cow]

NorskAir:

I didn't get a rejection letter from Cathay. I was pretty much told right then and there that I didn't have a prayer of getting hired. They didn't want to waste paper on me. But flying my MD-11 into Hong Kong and thinking what could have been, I realize just how lucky I am.

 

[avbug]

This is probably a little off track, but seeing as the tax vs. perdiem issue was raised...do you mean that perdiem is subject to tax by a percentage if one can't show receipts to prove it was used on the road?

I haven't dealt with it that way for donkeys years...I've always been under the (apparently mistaken) impression that perdiem isn't taxable. How does this work??

 

[vtwin]

And we are getting extra allowance for those working on Christmas and or New Years... Time to consult the accountant! BTW, CX per diem is paid in cash at the layover port... Tis a lot more difficult for the IRS to track!

Happy holidays

(I didn't use a spell checker, so I hope the spelling/grammar police don't show up!)

or the IRS.............