Meal Allowances

​Effective for all Travel Starting January 1, 2016 (Printab​le PDF)

Meals and associated tips will be reimbursed at the lesser of actual cost or maximum allowance. Meal per diems are taxable without an overnight stay. An overnight stay must still be indicated on the CMU Business Card Reconciliation Form or the Employee Reimbursement Voucher when not claiming a lodging reimbursement.

Conference meals which are not included in the conference fee, but are preset and exceed the established maximum allowance, will be reimbursed at cost. A receipt or copy of the program indicating the cost of the meal is required.

If you are traveling outside of the United States, please use the per diem rates listed at the US State Department.  Under the Current and Prior Year Rates, select Foreign Per Diem Rates by Location. Then select the correct country from the drop down list. Click from the Previous Rates drop down list for the correct date of travel. The M & IE Column show the maximum per diem amount.  Meals and associated tips will be reimbursed at the lesser of actual cost or the maximum allowance.

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High-Cost Cities (this list is all-inclusive):

High Cost Cities list was updated 12/12/2015.​