Originally Posted by
TIMINGandLUCK
Royal. I've spoken to a couple of Americans that have been audited and they contend that only their flight pay is to be taxed while over international water. They say that their basic pay is what they would receive whether they were flying or not (aka office duty or ground duties) and therefore the flight pay is the only part of their income received for flight hours while over international water.
Hope that helps.
Thanks TIMING. That was kind of my argument as well. I broke an ankle back in 2013 and I was off flying for 2.5 months but I still got the full basic salary. We'll see what they have to say.