There are two schedules of meal reimbursement rates, standard and high cost metropolitan area rates. High cost rates may be claimed if the traveler's destination is one of the cities/counties designated as a high cost metropolitan area. Meal rates effective 7/01/09:
Standard |
High Cost |
Comments |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast |
$ 8.00 |
$ 8.00 |
Rates subject to change each fiscal year |
| Lunch |
$10.00 |
$12.00 |
|
| Dinner |
$24.00 |
$27.00 |
For High Cost
Metropolitan Areas |
| Total |
$42.00 |
$47.00 |
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The above listings (high cost areas) for the states contain both cities and counties. The following web site may help you locate your city:
Meals are reimbursable on days when only a portion of the day is spent traveling if the following conditions are met:
- Breakfast may be claimed if the traveler departed for the trip two hours earlier than normal work start time.
- Dinner may be claimed if the traveler returned two hours later than normal work stop time at the office.
The cost of lunch is not reimbursable on day trips unless the traveler has met one of the following conditions:
- Attended a conference where lunch was not included in the registration fee.
- Declined to stay overnight to conserve limited travel funds.
- Departed for the trip two hours earlier than their normal start time and/or returned two hours later than their normal stop time.
Non-reimbursable: Alcohol is not reimbursable. Additional reimbursement is not appropriate if a meal has been pre-paid as part of a conference, hotel "free-breakfast plan" or the like.
Foreign Per-Diem Rates:
- Reimbursement rates are based on the applicable Meal and Incidental Expense (M&IE) rate of the U.S. State Department in effect at the time of travel.
- A partial day's per diem should be calculated based on the total Meal and Incidental Expense Rate as follows: 15% breakfast, 25% lunch, and 60% dinner.
Foreign Per-Diem rates can be obtained by contacting the Financial Services Help Line at (410) 704-5599 or through the State Dept's web site:
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