IRS updates travel expense per diem rates

The IRS updated the simplified per diem rates that employers can use to reimburse employees for lodging, meals and incidental expenses incurred during business travel away from home, without the need to produce receipts. For expenses paid after October 1, 2009, the rate is $258 per day for high-cost areas and $163 per day for all other areas. The federal meals and incidental expense rate is $65 per day for high-cost areas and $45 per day for all other areas.

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(Submitted Nov. 2009)

<p>IRS updates travel expense per diem rates The IRS updated the simplified per diem rates that employers can use to reimburse employees for lodging, meals and incidental expenses incurred during business travel away from home, without the need to produce</p>

IRS updates travel expense per diem rates

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