Foreign Allowances

FOREIGN ALLOWANCES

DSSR Title 5 U.S.C. Pay 500 DCPS Processed

Sec.

Incentive Allowances

Danger Pay 652(f) 650 5928 R YR (A) DCPDS

Imminent Danger Pay 652(g) 650 5928 B Z3 (A) DCPDS

Post Hardship Differential 540 5925 G YG (N) DCPDS

Cost of Living Allowances

FTA – Foreign Transfer Allowance 240 5924 1 Y1 DCPDS

SMA – Separate Maintenance Allow 260 5924 H YH DCPDS

Post Allowance 220 5924 F YF DCPDS

(SMA workarounds complete by faxing SF1190 to payroll)

Quarters Allowances

LQA – Living Quarters Allowance 130 5923 E YE DCPDS

TQSA – Temporary Quarters 120 5923 Faxed YJ Remedy

Subsistence Allowance

Advances

Advance of Pay (PCS only) 850 5927 Faxed XM Remedy

(no earlier than three weeks prior to effective date)

Advance of TQSA 113 5923 Faxed YJ Remedy

(no earlier than 1 week prior to arrival)

Advance of LQA 113 5923 Faxed YE Remedy

(no earlier than two weeks prior to effective date)

Home Leave OPM 5 CFR Part 630 Subpart F 6305a W DCPDS

Foreign Allowances Title 5 United States Code: Sec. 5921 – 5928

Sec. 5921 – Definitions

Sec. 5922 – General provisions

Sec. 5926 – Compensatory time off at certain posts in foreign areas