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Jul 23, 2017
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CougarThug
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Per diem is usually tied to IRS rules. The other is not.
No reason to call it a "daily allowance" if it is really per diem tied to IRS travel reimbursement rates for meals.
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POLL: Your employer allows $65 per day, you haven't spent anywhere close to that
coolcats
7/23/17 7:46pm
Do they not require receipts of your purchases?
rggee
7/23/17 7:50pm
Some people in my company found a loophole
coolcats
7/23/17 7:58pm
For me we don't need a receipt if it's under $70 or something like that.
jensen46
7/23/17 7:58pm
Wow
rggee
7/23/17 8:03pm
Holy cow. Without a receipt it comes out of our pockets.
Wedgetail
7/23/17 8:21pm
It surprised me too. Of course the expense has to be justified and approved
jensen46
7/23/17 8:45pm
Same here - but $75 threshold
Ulysses14
7/24/17 5:13am
I don't have to keep receipts. I have a certain amount they will pay and if i
The Board Genius
7/23/17 8:08pm
Does your employer care??
HoustonCougar
7/23/17 7:51pm
Is it really worth your job to find out what ur employer thinks?
MormonThug
7/23/17 7:54pm
Seems cut-and-dried unethical
cheezedawg
7/23/17 7:55pm
^^^^this^^^^
BigYfan
7/23/17 8:08pm
Yeah, no debate IMO.
dYrtbYkerYder
7/23/17 8:17pm
Not true. The IRS has set per diems and many companies prefer to pay that amount
Pick-Six Coug
7/23/17 8:50pm
If it's per diem, no ethical issue. if reimbursement, it's not for your family
fulano
7/23/17 8:57pm
OP said nothing about per diem, just a daily allowance, which is very different
Tim
7/23/17 9:01pm
Tim, the post said, "your employer allows $65." It didn't specify why and now
Pick-Six Coug
7/23/17 9:12pm
Per diem is usually tied to IRS rules. The other is not.
CougarThug
7/23/17 9:22pm
All the post said was "your employer allows $65..." Not enough info for us to
Pick-Six Coug
7/23/17 9:34pm
The word "allows" leads me to believe that this is reimbursement, not per diem
cheezedawg
7/24/17 7:46am
I think very few companies "prefer" to pay more for their employees' travel
russkiejedi
7/24/17 8:19am
Most policies don't allow it and would be considered fraud.
Baron
7/23/17 7:57pm
We just get a check cut before the trip for the amount of our per diem.
Ssebo
7/23/17 8:01pm
This. Military per diem is paid whether it's spent or not, so I always try to
shakinbaker
7/23/17 8:09pm
That's a totally different scenario. That's your money.
LiveCoug
7/23/17 8:13pm
Whew.
shakinbaker
7/23/17 8:17pm
That's not the same as what OP described.
Tim
7/23/17 8:14pm
Same. Same!
RealTexan Coug
7/23/17 8:17pm
Yep. We just get it after.
The Board Genius
7/23/17 8:09pm
smart companies avoid the moral hazard and just reimburse the whole amount.
ag4cougs
7/23/17 8:24pm
Smart companies get receipts for everything.
dYrtbYkerYder
7/23/17 8:30pm
fair enough
ag4cougs
7/23/17 9:32pm
My experience is military & gov't. Per diem $ is paid regardless of whether I
Lifi
7/23/17 8:25pm
When I had per diem I was given a card for my meals for the week I was gone.
JohnnyComeLately
7/23/17 8:27pm
i was reimbursed for what i spent...my VP never questioned me...
ds7
7/23/17 8:32pm
$65 a day? Wowsers
TNT
7/23/17 8:40pm
Wine by the glass can be expensive
coolcats
7/24/17 5:18am
Unethical? Maybe. Tacky? Certainly! Bad Form? Absolutely.
Endocoug
7/24/17 6:58am
I don't disagree
coolcats
7/24/17 9:46am
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