My employer is extremely reluctant to take LAFHA on board. I've had so many excuses, including FBT, that it is getting extremely annoying. The problem is, it's only them that can obtain LAFHA for me, so I'm losing out to the tune of $17,000 a year!
It's a local authority and they see it as tax avoidance, or they see me getting paid more than people on the same grade and that isn't fair. However, those people don't have to pay private health insurance and overseas rated college fees if their kids want to do further education!