[tei-council] Per diem rates

[Syd Bauman]

Martin --

That's not exactly my reading of
http://www.tei-c.org/Board/procedures.xml#PerDiem. Seems to me The
base rate is not 70% of the GSA rate, but rather the GSA rate rounded
up (as we were within the continental USA). That results in a daily
max of $60 for meals and incidentals. The breakdown would be $12 for
incidentals (if any), $12 for breakfast, $16.80 for lunch, and $19.20
for dinner. But (like you) I only spent money on lunches, except for
the group dinner.

So I think you can claim a maximum of $16.80 for each lunch you were
away from home.

As a side note, that document (which is admittedly a DRAFT) says that
group dinners will not be reimbursed. I often pay for group dinners,
though, and have always been reimbursed w/o complaint.

> Just writing to confirm what I've researched on per-diems for the
> Duke trip. The per-diem meal rate for Durham is $51, per this page:
> 
> <http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101518>
> 
> That breaks down to:
> 
> Breakfast     $8
> Lunch         $12     
> Dinner                $26
> 
> of which I'll only be claiming lunch, because our kind US hosts
> covered dinners, and breakfast was included with the hotel.
> 
> We're allowed to claim 70% of that, which means I can claim $8.40
> for my lunch each day.
> 
> Correct?