Incidentals allowance over the rate for a trip, 2024
This works out one number from the Per Diem Rate figures published for 2024. Every amount it uses is below, with the document it was read from. What you enter is your own: this site has no way to check it, and the answer it produces is not a published figure.
Effective 2023-10-01Source: Notice 2023-68 (IRS)Verified 2026-08-31
How it is worked out
The amount you were paid, less the published rate for each day you enter, rounded to the nearest cent. Where the rate for those days is the larger of the two, the answer is nothing rather than a negative amount.
It uses Incidental expenses only, $5, published above.
Figures in this colour are computed from the amounts above. They are not published figures and no document states them.
Work it out
The live calculator needs JavaScript. The table below covers common amounts and is computed the same way.
Worked out for common amounts
| Days away from home | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | $495 |
| 3 | $485 |
| 7 | $465 |
| 30 | $350 |
How each figure was verified
Each number below was read from a stored copy of the document named beside it, and checked to occur word for word in the quoted sentence. The digest is of that stored text.
Notice 2023-68 (IRS)
- Incidental expenses only
The rate for any CONUS or OCONUS locality of travel for the incidental expenses only deduction is $5 per day.
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