Determining an employee’s “home” for reimbursement purposes

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Abstract: Despite the prevalence of Web-based meetings, many of today’s businesses still have plenty of employees who travel. For companies that reimburse employees on a tax-free basis for travel expenses, it’s important to stay up to date on the rules that determine the location of a person’s tax home. This article discusses the IRS’s three-factor test to determine whether an employee with no principal workplace has a tax home or is an itinerant.