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<tr> <td width="798px" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; text-align: left" align="center"></p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance</span></b></div> <b><span style="'FONT-SIZE:" 10pt;="" font-family:="" "arial","sans-serif";="" mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman"'=""><br><br>Temporary Quarters Subsistence Allowance (TQSA)</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">: The purpose of TQSA is to assist with temporary lodging, meals, laundry and dry cleaning in a foreign area when an employee first arrives at a new post and permanent quarters are not yet available, or when an employee is getting ready to depart the foreign post permanently and must vacate residential quarters. An employee cannot receive the <a title="post (cost-of-living) allowance" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=156&menu_id=75">post (cost-of-living) allowance</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span>when receiving the TQSA. An employee may receive TQSA and<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <a title="Living quarters allowance" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=160&menu_id=75">Living Quarters Allowance</a> </span>at the same time<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span>when departing post only with agency permission for unusual circumstances described at<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)"><a title="DSSR" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=239&menu_id=75">DSSR</a></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">124.1 and <a title="DSSR" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=241&menu_id=75">DSSR</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span>132.41a. For further information on TQSA, please refer to<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)"><a title="DSSR" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=239&menu_id=75">DSSR</a></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">120.<br></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">FORMS:</span></span><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><br><a title="SF-1190" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/115694">SF-1190</a></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">(07/2009) - Foreign Allowances Application, Grant and Report</span><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><br>DS-0120</span></span></b><b><span style="'FONT-SIZE:" 10pt;="" font-family:="" "arial","sans-serif";="" mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman"'=""> </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">(03/2015) - TQSA Worksheet <br></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">*Worksheet for Employee to process TQSA claim</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br><a title="TQSA estimator" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/Content/documents/TQSA Calculator.xls">TQSA Estimator</a></span><br></span><span style="COLOR: windowtext"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">*Calculate the amount of TQSA allowance<br></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RESOURCES:</span></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br><a title="Foreign service assignment notebook" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/tc/c49274.htm">Foreign Service Assignment Notebook</a><br></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br>Have questions about calculating your TQSA amount or if you're authorized? Need amendments to your orders? Contact your</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"> <a title="HR assignment technician" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="https://intranet.hr.state.sbu/offices/EX/Divisions/AdministrativeDivision/Documents/HR-EX-IDSD%20Portfolio.pdf">GTM Assignment Technician</a>! <br><br></span> <div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 15px">Need to submit a TQSA claim? See </span><a title="PCS travel claim center" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128); line-height: 15px" href="https://hrweb.hr.state.sbu/PRD/TravelVoucher/Default.aspx">PCS Travel Claim Center</a> <font size="2" face="Arial">(State Intranet ONLY)</font><br></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br>Have questions about your TQSA claim? 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