GSA Per Diems Help Establish Norms for T&E Monitoring
April 2005
Fairness and T&E rarely go together unless a company takes a strong stance to establish firm guidelines. One of the ways they frequently do this is to establish per-diems. These are rates that the company will allow a traveling employee to spend for food, lodging, and incidentals. Recognizing that it might cost a bit more to eat and sleep in, say, New York City than in Duluth, most companies delineate their allowable costs by city. Typically these are revised annually.
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