Division 3: Additional assistance for children overseas – UK and USA

15.6.17   Member this Division applies to
15.6.18   ...
15.6.19   UK – student placement services
15.6.20   USA – tuition and tertiary study
15.6.21   USA – summer camps

15.6.17   Member this Division applies to

 

This Division applies to members on long-term posting, with dependent children attending school in the UK or the USA.

15.6.18   ...
15.6.19   UK – student placement services

 

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.B, item 126.

1.

A member who uses consultancy services to help with student placement is entitled to be reimbursed the costs, up to the limits in subclause 2.

Example: The Independent Schools Information Services or a similar organisation.

2.

The member is entitled to be reimbursed these amounts.

 

a.

For the first school at which the child is placed, up to GBP 60.

 

b.

For each other school, GBP 30.

15.6.20   USA – tuition and tertiary study

 

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.B, item 127.

1.

The benchmark school is the Government school (if any) at the location where the member lives, which offers these services.

 

a.

At least 15 hours of part-time tuition a week. This applies to children who are under five by 31 December in the current school year.

 

b.

Full time tuition, for any other child.

2.

The CDF may decide that a suitable benchmark school is not available for a child because the member has been directed to live in a district. This table lists the maximum annual compulsory tuition fees that may be reimbursed to the member.

 

Item

If the member is...

then the compulsory tuition fees in USD are...

Preschool

1.

directed to live on Manhattan Island

12,311

 

2.

not directed to live on Manhattan Island

6,799

 

Primary school

3.

directed to live on Manhattan Island

20,990

 

4.

not directed to live on Manhattan Island, and lives in New York State

15,848

 

5.

directed to live in the District of Columbia

18,121

 

6.

living elsewhere in the USA

13,586

 

Secondary school

7.

directed to live on Manhattan Island

24,792

 

8.

not directed to live on Manhattan Island, and lives in New York State

15,848

 

9.

directed to live in the District of Columbia

18,121

 

10.

living elsewhere in the USA

13,586

 

 

3.

If a member's child attends pre-school, but they will not turn five by 31 December in the current school year, the member is only reimbursed the cost of five half-days of tuition a week.

4.

A child may intend to begin a course of study at a university or similar tertiary institution in Australia. In order to obtain admission, the child must attend freshman year at a junior college or similar tertiary institution in the USA. In this case, attendance is treated as secondary school. Both these conditions must be met. 

 

a.

The child lived or intends to live with a member at the posting location for a substantial part of the posting period.

 

b.

The child has completed high school in the USA.

15.6.21   USA – summer camps

 

TAX ALERT: PACMATE Annex 3.B, item 128.

1.

This clause applies only to members who meet both these conditions.

 

a.

They are directed to live on Manhattan Island, USA.

 

b.

They are entitled to child allowance for a child. 

2.

The member is entitled to be reimbursed mandatory fees for summer camps for the child, including day camps.

3.

Reimbursement must not be more than these amounts.

 

a.

For a child attending pre-school, USD 805 a year.

 

b.

For a child attending primary or secondary school, USD 2,530 a year.

 

PACMAN                                                                AL1 (October 2008)                                Chapter 15 – Part 6 Division 3 – 1