Did you get your galley cart?

[mbav8r]

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/tl2/tl2-12e.pdf

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/whtsnw/trck-llw-eng.html
Employees of transport businesses
(claiming a deduction under paragraph 8(1)(g) of the Income Tax Act)

Employees can use the simplified method if:
the principal business of their employer is to transport goods, passengers, or both (such as airline, railway, bus, and trucking companies); and
in the course of their work they must regularly travel away from the municipality and the metropolitan area (if there is one) where their employer's establishment to which they report for work is located, on vehicles used by the employer to transport goods or passengers.


This allows them to deduct amounts they pay for meals and lodging while away, as long as they have not been reimbursed and are not entitled to be reimbursed for any part of the amounts deducted.

This deduction is intended for transport employees who have to pay for meals and lodging while travelling because their journeys take them away for a substantial distance and duration from their municipality and metropolitan area, if there is one. This means that transport employees must generally be away from home overnight when performing their employment duties. This deduction is not intended for employees who return to their homes at the end of each day and make disbursements for meals only as a matter of course.

To claim this deduction, transport employees must summarize their trip information using Form TL2, Claim for Meals and Lodging Expenses. Both the employee and the employer should complete this form.

[CanadaEH]

You are given a per diem, regardless of whether you eat. You can't claim that.

[mbav8r]

CanadaEH, I'm confused are you saying that pilots will go days without food?
I highlighted the part that says you "can't" claim the deduction if you are reimbursed and yes per diems would be considered being reimbursed.
Also of note, the government doesn't like to advertise, but as of approximately 8 years ago federal employees away on business received 75.00 a day per diem, yet they would only allow a deduction for transport employees of 45.00/day and through their formula only received 50% of that as a deduction.
Truckers were suing the government and I now see, if you are a long haul trucker, you can claim 80% of 45.00/day, still not 75.00/day. I wonder what Senators per diems are?

[flyer 1492]

At Jazz the per diems are $ 82.84. It is broken down as $ 65.88 for meals and $16.86 for incidentals.

[flying4dollars]

Now I'm really confused. The thread went from something about galley carts to per diems at jazz?

[flyer 1492]

Just pointing out what the going rate for per diems are at Jazz. What does the flight crew make at WJ and WJE?

[CanadaEH]

CanadaEH, I'm confused are you saying that pilots will go days without food?
I highlighted the part that says you "can't" claim the deduction if you are reimbursed and yes per diems would be considered being reimbursed.
Also of note, the government doesn't like to advertise, but as of approximately 8 years ago federal employees away on business received 75.00 a day per diem, yet they would only allow a deduction for transport employees of 45.00/day and through their formula only received 50% of that as a deduction.
Truckers were suing the government and I now see, if you are a long haul trucker, you can claim 80% of 45.00/day, still not 75.00/day. I wonder what Senators per diems are?

Sorry mbav8r I clearly didn't read the highlighted part. My bad!!