Professional Tax Service
February 5th, 2010
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Question: My husband is a CDL truck driver. what he has told me is that he can claim a $55 dollar a day?
per diem for meals and other expenses on our taxes.
How would that be filed on our tax papers? An itemized deduction? I usually do our taxes but im seriously considering a professional tax service this year because im confused about this.
Thank you for the information!
Answer: I would add that the ME&I per diem rate is only for days when overnight travel is involved. Some truckers with local routes incorrectly think they can take it even though they are home for dinner each day.
Also the rates are higher for those involved in transportation industries, if the trucker finds himself in high cost localities sometimes. That rate is $52 per day.
Those subject to DOT hours of service limitations can deduct 75% of the appropriate per diem rate rather than 50%. In 2008 that level increases to 80%.
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