Relocation allowance. Use for serviced apartment?

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    Relocation allowance. Use for serviced apartment?

    Seems the proposal to spend a portion of the offered relocation package on short term accomodation can cause a tax headache for mainly my employer and then me .
    If we come here a couple of weeks prior to start date, pay for the hotel or whatever then (so not yet strictly a company employee) is that potential work around. Things like flights and shipping are all incurred prior to start date. Fundamentally we are probably homeless for a few weeks and I would have thought a relocation allowance was supposed to address that issue?? But by excluding rent, even hotel rooms too seems a bit bizarre.

    Slightly bemused and quite likely confused. Any ideas what the real deal is?

    Last edited by Wangavegas gal; 12-08-2010 at 10:44 PM. Reason: Clarity I hope