Yes! Stipends are the allowance for any lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred as a result of working away from your tax home. At Trusted, we calculate this amount on a per-shift (not per hour!) basis up to a weekly maximum.

To be eligible for stipends, clinicians must follow the guidelines for maintaining a tax home.

Not sure if you have a tax home or if you may be eligible to qualify for stipends?

We understand this is a complicated topic that doesn't have a one-size-fits-all answer.

Since we are not tax experts, we can't give you a definitive answer or define when you are local and when you are not local. Because this determination is unique for each person, this is a topic you would want to discuss with your tax advisor or accountant before accepting a contract.

But we do have an awesome blog that goes over taxes and tax homes which we recommend reading.

For more information on taxes and tax homes, check out this Trusted blog post -Trusted Guide to Tax-Homes.

You must also be available and willing to work to be eligible for the stipends. That means if you call out sick or volunteer to drop a shift, even if it’s due to your facility being overstaffed that day, you won’t receive a stipend for that missed shift.

However, if you are willing and able to work and your shift was canceled, you’re eligible for your stipend! Just get written confirmation that your shift was canceled.