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Cybergal
10-20-2009, 11:57 AM
IRS raises per-diem rate from $52 to $59
10/19/09



The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has raised the amount per day that the employer of a truck driver may reimburse the driver for meals and incidental expenses when the driver is away from home on travel., reports the American Trucking Associations.

This per diem amount, which has been $52 a day for the past several years, will go up to $59 a day, ATA stated on its Web site.

The Trucker (http://www.thetrucker.com/News/Stories/2009/10/19/IRSraisesper-diemratefrom52to59.aspx)

Acorn Trucking
10-20-2009, 10:15 PM
Awful dang nice of them, except the don't tell the part that you can only claim 80% of that amount.

BumpInTheRoad
10-21-2009, 01:25 PM
Awful dang nice of them, except the don't tell the part that you can only claim 80% of that amount.


True!

They really think they are doing us some good here... lol