Meal and Incidental Rates Sample Clauses

Meal and Incidental Rates. For continuous travel of more than 24 hours, the traveler will be reimbursed for their actual expenses (traveler must retain receipts) for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and incidentals for each 24 hours or fractional part thereof of travel up to the maximum rate as follows: Breakfast up to $8.00 Lunch up to $12.00 Dinner up to $20.00 Incidentals up to $6.00 (example: tips)

Meal and Incidental Rates. The parties incorporate by this reference the language already contained in section 9.1 of the parties' MOU, with the following amendment in bold: No lunch or incidentals may be claimed on a trip of less than 24 hours, unless approved by the employee's supervisor. Any employee requesting lunch reimbursement must provide a receipt, proof lunch was not provided at the meeting or assignment attended and the lunch expense may not exceed the maximum allowable amount of twelve dollars ($12.00). According to the Internal Revenue Code, meal costs for same-day travel, even i f reimbursed by the employer, are a personal expense, not a "business expense," which means meal costs for same-day travel are subject to taxation, except as noted below.