Mirch
Returning Member

Deductions & credits

Other source says that you can add per-diem on W2 (not clear if that requires to actually pay it to the employee with the wage).    Adding it to the wages is an option. 

-in which case thats an option?

how exactly to do that, just add as a separate line in payroll?

IRS publication is helpful but I still have questions. Do you know any good articles on that?

If the employee would not be a relative, we could use per diem, right?

What about the expense reports? We need to do and keep these reports, but how detailed should they be? I know when you deduct per diem for independent contractor you just need to keep record of when he was away from home without the actual expenses. How that works in case when you per diem add to w2?