Any trucker, who used the $52 per diem special transportation rate for the first nine months of 2009, can claim $59 per diem for the remainder of the year for travel in the U.S.
Re: per Diem
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80% of $52 for the first 9 months of 2009. 80% of $59 after October 1, 2009.
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MOOT.
here is the law for per diem for 2009, 2010 and previous years
What is the per diem rate?
Starting October 1, 2009, the per diem rate changed from $52 from $59 per day.
Any trucker, who used the $52 per diem special transportation rate for the first nine months of 2009, can claim $59 per diem for the remainder of the year for travel in the U.S.
The per diem rate for meals in 2009 is 80% of $52 per day.
The per diem rate for meals in 2008 was 80% of $52 per day.
The per diem rate for meals in 2007 was 75% of $52 per day.
The per diem rate for meals in 2006 was 75% of $52 per day.
The per diem rate for meals in 2005 was 70% of $41 per day.
The per diem rate for meals in 2004 was 70% of $41 per day.
The per diem rate for meals when in Canada is 80% of $58 per day
Per Diem can only be taken when the driver spends the night away from home.
Frank
There is a radius, I think 100 miles, so you couldn't use the per diem once you're that close to home.
I believe there is a stipulation for hours away from home the beginning and ending days of a trip . Posters may be misinterpreting this with miles away .Hey Guys and Gals,
There is still a great misunderstanding of the per diem,
If you leave out on Monday, at 8AM, the is a 1/2 of day, and you go to Nashville, then little Rock, and have a load going back toward the house, it is not concidered time off as long as your under laod, the night you spent even though it might be in your own bed is copnsidered under load, and it is a per diem night. there is no radius at all, the radius is for local drivers only, but it is 250 miles each way, the 100 miles is for no log book reauired.
Frank