Houston area (along with DB's not from Houston) BS thread

Right there with you.

 

I might know a place

 

If you thought driving in sand with your window down was bad.....

 

Donuts sound good right now...

I'm just to lazy to leave and go get anything haha

 

Kellys

 

Trail gear makes a pretty neat lookin bumper for the 12+...and it's half the price of full plate bumpers..

 

So I checked my pay stub, and the fuckers taxed my perdiem! How is that even legal?

Time to call up accounting and get this sorted.

 

Let us know how it goes. I didn't think they could do that either.

 

I believe that it's standard as it's considered income to you, from a business accounting perspective. Make sense?? Not necessarily...

 

We'll see...

Doesn't make any sense, but fuckem if that's how it's supposed to work.

 

Nathan when talking to accounting

 

I know it's not taxable for us. Because it's per diem it should be considered miscellaneous not-taxable. It's not pay, it's to cover cost of living.

 

Since the IRS is involved I imagine it depends on if the company has met all the rules associated with a per diem plan. Where's Corey? Isn't this his thing?

 

I thought he did life insurance.

 

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That's what I found as well. I did get a flat amount, but had to submit an expense report to get paid. So, if the above is correct it shouldn't have been taxed.

 

Depends on how much your were comped. If your rate was larger than the approved federal rate then that is taxable but only that portion

 

I tried to find you the rates but the gsa.gov site is down.. go figure

 

True, if it was over the standard then it would be taxed.

I just looked up the numbers for Houston. I'm assuming I should be looking at the Houston numbers.

Maximum lodging rate - $109
M&IE Rate (Meals and Incidental Expenses) - $71
Max Per Diem Rate - $180

I was paid $100 a day while overseas. I'm assuming the explanation I'll get is that they considered my per diem M&IE. Sure would have been nice to know that beforehand. I would have padded my hours a little to compensate.