Is Per Diem for employee/contractor from out of town mandatory?

Question

Is it protcted by law to pay an employee/contractor per diem for their service performed out of their home tax (over 75 mile)?
Shall it be written in their signed contract or it shall be paid by the employee automatically? Shall it be for 5 days a week or 7 days a week?

Answer 1

Expenses can be paid instead of a per diem. For this you have to keep receipts and include them with your expense claim. So, no per diem is not mandatory. Before starting, you need to be aware of the procedure for claiming. The IRS has a cap for per diems, I believe by area. Again, before starting, find out do they pay just for days worked or for days away from home. And what does the per diem cover.

When I traveled, hotels, flights and hire cars were expensed and I received a per diem on top of that to cover everything else.

Answer 2

This is not mandatory. If you want a per diem paid, it needs to be included in the contract. A daily rate should be given and the employee should submit a log of days worked (signed off on by someone who saw them work). The employee would then be paid a per diem for the actual number of days worked.

You don't get a per diem if it isn't in the contract.

Answer 3

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