I agree with PNGMK and rduejj.x9200 wrote:It says deducted in the OP post. Besides, what also maters is what this is in reality, not whether this is called this or that way.
Essentially it is still his money, just channelled to a different place for him to use it in different ways.
This is not one of those kickback schemes where an employer declares a foreign employee's salary as $4000 just to get him EP and then deducts $1000 every month to match his 'actual' salary.