[gowld]

A housing stipend is taxable, unless you are staying at a work location for your employer's convenience.

But yes, Accountants can help you evade taxes in ways unlikely to be audited or caught.

[throwawayboise]

It's not evasion if it's legal, it's avoidance, and it's perfectly legitimate.

[thebradbain]

It's fully within the bounds of tax law, something which I (and my accountant) made very clear I want to stay within. Our tax code is a joke, yes, and in need of actual reform, but this itself doesn't put me in any legal grey area whatsoever.