Any accountants out there?

My question is as follows: I work for an Irish sofware company and am recieving a £5000 pound bonus and if any one know Irish taxes they take almost 50%. I was trying to find out if my company was to apply the bonus to my rent( ie. since I moved from America to Dublin,Ireland a clause could be added to my contract to state the the company would pay my first 8 months of rent and the lease could act as the reciept. Is this legit and whats costs for the company/me are there?

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This is not a Great Debate. More like a General Question, though I’m not even sure anybody there will be able to help. Nonetheless, we’ll give it a shot.


David B, SDMB Great Debates Moderator

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Since this is asked already in this forum, I’m closing this one.