Discussion:Truck Drivers Per Diem
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| + | {{ForumReplyPost|UserID=Tminco|Date=21 January 2006|Text=Yes he can take the per diem meal allowance. He also will qualify for the transportation worker rate of $41.00 per day if he travels in areas that have different per diem rates. | ||
| + | Also...he will qualify to use 70% of the deduction instead of 50% if he is subject to DOT hours of service rules.}} | ||
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Discussion Forum Index --> Tax Questions --> Truck Drivers Per Diem
| 20 January 2006 | |
| I have a client who is an over the road semi-truck driver. He drives a company truck (he does not own his own truck). The per diem rate in ND for meals and IE is $31. Lodging is $60 I believe. He sleeps in the truck so I don't believe that he can use the lodging part, but can he use the $31 for every day that he was out in 2005? | |
| 20 January 2006 | |
| I will be interested to hear what the experts have to say but I thought they had to be gone more than 100 miles away from home and more than 10 hours. | |
| 20 January 2006 | |
| That is not a problem he goes all over the country and is rarely home. | |
| 21 January 2006 | |
| Yes he can take the per diem meal allowance. He also will qualify for the transportation worker rate of $41.00 per day if he travels in areas that have different per diem rates.
Also...he will qualify to use 70% of the deduction instead of 50% if he is subject to DOT hours of service rules. | |
