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Refer to Publication 463:
Publication 463 (2018), Travel, Gift, and Car Expenses
For use in preparing 2018 Returns
Special rate for transportation workers.
You can use a special standard meal allowance if you work in the transportation industry. You are in the transportation industry if your work:
- Directly involves moving people or goods by airplane, barge, bus, ship, train, or truck; and
- Regularly requires you to travel away from home and, during any single trip, usually involves travel to areas eligible for different standard meal allowance rates.
If this applies, you can claim a standard meal allowance of $63 a day ($68 for travel outside the continental United States) for travel between January 1, 2018, and September 30, 2018. You can claim a standard meal allowance of $66 a day ($71 for travel outside the continental United States) for travel between October 1, 2018, and December 31, 2018.
Using the special rate for transportation workers eliminates the need for you to determine the standard meal allowance for every area where you stop for sleep or rest. If you choose to use the special rate for any trip, you must use the special rate (and not use the regular standard meal allowance rates) for all trips you take that year.
