Per diem for truck driver
ProSeriesHow is per diem treated when preparing a return for a long haul truck driver?
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03/27/12 8:33am PDT
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03/27/12 8:36am PDT
Are you asking where do you enter the information?
Are you asking how much it is?
Are you asking how do you know if an individual qualifies?
Dusty
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03/27/12 8:44am PDT
How do you choose which standard meal allowance to use? I have a client who used Jackson Hewitt in the past and is now being hit by the IRS for several years. The previous returns state amounts for per diem that seem unbelievable. He was out on the road for 253 days in TY2011.
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03/27/12 8:42am PDT
Forty-hour week - can't you make it thirty
No heavy lifting - you get yourself dirty
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03/27/12 10:14am PDT
The solution
Your client should have DOT logs that will document his time on the road. AS for JH and HR, seen some "marvelous" deductions. For truck driver standard meal allowance only, no room unless actual expense. Personally pretty strict on misc deductions, only those directly relating to truck driving.
Truck driver subject to DOT rules uses the higher rate for transportation workers
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03/28/12 7:23am PDT
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Thank you very much for your input. That is what I was looking for.
