The incidental-expenses-only rate over a whole trip, 2025
This works out one number from the Per Diem Rate figures published for 2025. 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 2024-10-01Source: Notice 2024-68 (IRS)Verified 2026-08-31
How it is worked out
The published amount, multiplied by the quantity you enter, and rounded to the nearest cent.
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
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Worked out for common amounts
| Days away from home | Result |
|---|---|
| 1 | $5 |
| 3 | $15 |
| 7 | $35 |
| 30 | $150 |
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 2024-68 (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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