wilkes

Fins....You would argue with a post. I don't give a rat's a** about your CPA degree, I work for one and he has taught me all of the knowledge that I have along with yearly seminars and continuing ed. The point is (as hard as it may be for you to believe) is that you are WRONG. There are situations which allow unreimbursed employee deductions that do not necessarily involve someone who is self employed or who receives a 1099, which in most cases are the same thing. Find someone else to degrade or better yet, admit that you are not the all knowing God you think you are!!!!

As previously mentioned many of these question may be answered by researching the appropriate web sites. For wage earners and wage payers the Department of Labor has some reasonable resources. The linked pages speaks to payment of work time for travel away form the normal work location.

18 years of filling out forms is not the same as a CPA with an accounting degree.

decsurvey

the company I just worked for, did not have per diem, but when we took some employees to Raleigh, a single person had a company credit card which was used for their rooms and meals, the company paid the employee the rate they made when they left the plant, drive time to and from Raleigh, and class time. Kind of different, but kind of the same. LOL. I however had to fill out expense report.

Bruce

PINKCHCIC......the per diem is travel, lodge, meals expenses etc.. for a job away from home. your company sets this rate on a daily basis. when you file taxes they add this amount onto you're net pay. so your gross pay will be a larger amount than what your year to date total . all accountants know how to read these pay check. if your company doesn't give you per diem before a trip out, then that tells me that you cover your own expenses and your company reimburses you for it on a bi-weekly basis. per say an 8 hour trip, you would need meal expenses. ask your employer what per diem he has set on the job you do. hope this helps. good luck to you!!!

Yadkinrunaway is correct.

The link below is specific to UNREIMBURSED expenses. Depending on your situation, you can use Schedule C, or Schedule A as well. Like Yadkin said, all taxpayers can deduct, your situation will determine the Schedule/Form that needs to be used.

http://www.irs.gov/uac/About-Form-2106EZ

I have 18 years experience in tax preparation and HAVE NEVER had a client audited for unreimbursed employee expenses. Of course, you have to have common sense in what can and can not be deducted, but ONCE AGAIN, this applies to all tax payers and not only self employed people. It must be things that the employer REQUIRES for the job and DOES NOT reimburse you for in any form.

Teachers get special rules on deductions because they are teachers. So do postal carriers and reservists.

If you are not self employed, you better read the rules very carefully before deducting work related expenses. Most of you will not meet the qualifications

I thought I saw someone post that said the company pays ride time there and back. This company only pays for the trip one way and theyve been working 8 hrs away from here, so is that true? Do they have to pay ride time both ways or just onr?

One can deduct non-reimbursed employee expenses as long as one itemizes on the 1040. The things that can be deducted must be used on the job only and not for personal use.

If a company does any federal, state, or local government work that requires an employee to travel beyond normal work the employer must offer per diem and lodging expenses at the GSA stipulated rates for that economic area.

Most professional companies will cut each employee a per diem cash amount and usually negotiate lodging rates for better pricing. Lodging is most commonly charged to credit cards.

I have not seen a company of any professional standard have one person hold money for everyone else.

Usually if it is a standard per diem rate the employees keep what they do not spend.

Some federal projects and private clients will only pay travel expenses based on certain covered items and require a detailed expense sheet with receipts and any money left over is returned to the project budget.

per diem participation is optional...not mandated

You DO NOT have to be self employed or receive a 1099 to deduct unreimbursed employee expenses. Teachers are allowed to deduct seminars, software, cell phone bill( if school requires them to be available by them) etc. Any employee can deduct expenses such as steel toed boots, uniforms, etc. if they are required and the company does not provide or reimburse for them.

Wow, didnt mean to cause arguments, just asked a question but through the nonsense I recieved helpful info, so thank you :)

I removed several posts that were off topic and/or trolling.

THAT WAS GENERAL TAX ADVICE STUPIDARSE.

I doubt you are, because most CPA's never give out all inclusive tax advice. They know that it depends on the individuals situation.....adjusted gross income...etc.

I'M A HELOFALOT CLOSER THAN YOU ARE!