topic My husband travels weekly for business. He is not reimbursed by his company for travel expenses. Is he allowed to claim the standard M&amp;amp;IE as well as per diem lodging? in Deductions & credits https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/my-husband-travels-weekly-for-business-he-is-not-reimbursed-by-his-company-for-travel-expenses-is-he/01/65876#M6645 Is he allowed to claim both the standard IRS M&amp;IE as well as the lodging located on GSA.gov? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:02:52 GMT scheartsec 2019-06-01T02:02:52Z My husband travels weekly for business. He is not reimbursed by his company for travel expenses. Is he allowed to claim the standard M&amp;IE as well as per diem lodging? https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/my-husband-travels-weekly-for-business-he-is-not-reimbursed-by-his-company-for-travel-expenses-is-he/01/65876#M6645 Is he allowed to claim both the standard IRS M&amp;IE as well as the lodging located on GSA.gov? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:02:52 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/my-husband-travels-weekly-for-business-he-is-not-reimbursed-by-his-company-for-travel-expenses-is-he/01/65876#M6645 scheartsec 2019-06-01T02:02:52Z Yes, he can claim these travel expenses as Job Expenses o... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/yes-he-can-claim-these-travel-expenses-as-job-expenses-o/01/65877#M6646 <P>Yes, he can claim these travel expenses as Job Expenses on Form 2106.</P><P>Please see IRS Topic 511 - Business travel expenses for more details:<BR /></P><P> <A href="https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc511.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc511.html</A> <BR /> </P><BR /> Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:02:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/yes-he-can-claim-these-travel-expenses-as-job-expenses-o/01/65877#M6646 MinhT 2019-06-01T02:02:53Z So he can claim the $51 M&IE allowance and $95/day for lo... https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/so-he-can-claim-the-51-m-ie-allowance-and-95-day-for-lo/01/65880#M6648 So he can claim the $51 M&amp;IE allowance and $95/day for lodging as established by the GSA.gov website? What if his lodging does not cost that much? Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:02:53 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/so-he-can-claim-the-51-m-ie-allowance-and-95-day-for-lo/01/65880#M6648 scheartsec 2019-06-01T02:02:53Z No, he can only claim the ACTUAL expenses for lodging. https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-he-can-only-claim-the-actual-expenses-for-lodging/01/65886#M6651 No, he can only claim the ACTUAL expenses for lodging. Sat, 01 Jun 2019 02:02:55 GMT https://ttlc.intuit.com/community/tax-credits-deductions/discussion/no-he-can-only-claim-the-actual-expenses-for-lodging/01/65886#M6651 TaxGuyBill 2019-06-01T02:02:55Z