Tax Question regarding housing benefit for internship

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<p>See [Publication</a> 15-A (2012), Employer’s Supplemental Tax Guide](<a href=“http://www.irs.gov/publications/p15a/ar02.html]Publication”>http://www.irs.gov/publications/p15a/ar02.html)

If an employee is given a temporary work assignment away from his or her regular place of work, certain travel expenses reimbursed or paid directly by the employer in accordance with an accountable plan (see section 5 in Publication 15 (Circular E)) may be excludable from the employee’s wages. Generally, a temporary work assignment in a single location is one that is realistically expected to last (and does in fact last) for 1 year or less

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