My husband travels weekly for business. He is not reimbursed by his company for travel expenses. Is he allowed to claim the standard M&IE as well as per diem lodging?

[scheartsec]

Is he allowed to claim both the standard IRS M&IE as well as the lodging located on GSA.gov?

[MinhT]

Yes, he can claim these travel expenses as Job Expenses on Form 2106.

Please see IRS Topic 511 - Business travel expenses for more details:

https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc511.html

[scheartsec]

So he can claim the $51 M&IE allowance and $95/day for lodging as established by the GSA.gov website? What if his lodging does not cost that much?

[TaxGuyBill]

No, he can only claim the ACTUAL expenses for lodging.