How is LQA paid? Is LQA authorized if residing in government quarters? Is the LQA based on family size? Is there a web site where the actual LQA rate information is available? Is advance LQA authorized? Quarters Groups. Chief of Mission 22 U. Wage Grade. RSS Feeds. Per Diem. Following is a brief description of some the allowances you may receive during your tour of duty in a foreign area. View the current DoDEA overseas allowance rates. The Predeparture Subsistence Expense Portion of the FTA is granted to assist employees and accompanying dependents with the costs of temporary lodging, meals, laundry, and dry cleaning that are incurred when an employee transfers overseas from a post in the United States.
The allowance may be granted for up to 10 days before final departure from the United States, beginning not more than 30 days after the employee has vacated permanent residence quarters. The 10 days may be taken anywhere in the United States as long as the employee and family members have not begun travel on orders and the final departure is from U.
There is no authorization to reimburse employees for any local transportation costs. Keep this in mind when deciding when to ship your vehicle. The Miscellaneous Expense Portion of the FTA is to help cover "miscellaneous" expenses incident to a foreign assignment such as pet transportation; vehicle registration; driver's license; utility fees or deposits not offset by an eventual refund; and conversion of appliances.
A higher rate is available if the employee provides itemized receipts. See DSSR at the above website for precise calculations. Note: Transferring employees those currently working for the U. Up to three months' salary may be advanced when an employee is assigned to a foreign post.
The employee can decide how to pay it back within limits. Salary advances must be paid back within 26 pay periods. The purpose of TQSA is to assist with temporary lodging, meals, laundry and dry cleaning in a foreign area when an employee first arrives at a new post and permanent quarters are not yet available, or when an employee is getting ready to depart post permanently and must vacate residential quarters.
An employee cannot receive the post cost of living allowance when receiving the TQSA. Post allowance is a cost-of-living allowance granted to full-time employees officially stationed at a post in a foreign area where the cost of living, exclusive of quarters costs, is substantially higher than in Washington, D. Part-time, intermittent, and U. The post allowance is paid to eligible full-time employees even though they may not be eligible for LQA, post differential or other allowances.
Post allowance is non taxable income. When married couple employees without family members are both eligible for the post allowance, each may be granted the post allowance in Section for one person. The other employee may be granted the post allowance for one person only. Civilian employees who are spouses of military members receiving a cost of living allowance COLA at the "with family" rate will be granted the post allowance for the "without family" rate for one person only.
West, who has been in a long-running battle with the Army over his rate, said he was subjected to the change several years before the new policy even went into effect. USAREUR said the various policy changes in the page regulation were part of a year-long review, staffed by its personnel office and eventually signed by German Brig. Air Forces Europe and Africa. The changes won't affect other services or nonappropriated fund agencies, which have their own guidelines.
For decades, civilians eligible for LQA have been permitted to use the allowance if they decide to purchase a home at any time during their tenure. The benefits were designed as a recruiting incentive, helping to attract U.
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