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Do I include the day flying to work ad the day returning home for meal allowance?

 
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Do I include the day flying to work ad the day returning home for meal allowance?

This is a travel day.  For travel days you can claim 75% of the normal per diem.  (so Meal & Incidental Expense= $63 X 75%=$47.25 and normal 50% or 80% applies)


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Do I include the day flying to work ad the day returning home for meal allowance?

This is a travel day.  For travel days you can claim 75% of the normal per diem.  (so Meal & Incidental Expense= $63 X 75%=$47.25 and normal 50% or 80% applies)


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