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title: "2015 Year-end Reporting Newsletter: Bottom Line"
description: An accountable plan allowance is an arrangement whereby the employer pays an employee a fixed amount or a formula based amount of money to be used for employment-related expenses. The employee must ac
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# [2015 Year-end Reporting Newsletter: Bottom Line](https://www.redpathcpas.com/blog/2015-year-end-reporting-newsletter-bottom-line)

 Written by [Redpath and Company](https://www.redpathcpas.com/blog/author/redpath-and-company) | November 16, 2015

**November 16, 2015** — An accountable plan allowance is an arrangement whereby the employer pays an employee a fixed amount or a formula based amount of money to be used for employment-related expenses. The employee must account for how the money is used. All or a portion of the allowance or arrangement is not subject to payroll withholding rules provided the necessary substantiation requirements are met … Read more at [Bottom Line Newsletter 2015](https://redpathcpas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Bottom-Line-Newsletter-20151.pdf).

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