{"id":3812,"date":"2019-11-05T14:09:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/?page_id=3812"},"modified":"2026-03-18T07:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:54:26","slug":"meal-and-incidental-per-diem-allowances","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/meal-and-incidental-per-diem-allowances\/","title":{"rendered":"Meal and Incidental\/Per Diem Allowances"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cfct-build-3812\" class=\"cfct-build grid\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module cfct-supplemental\">\n\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"cfct-mod-content\">\n<h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\" id=\"title-cfct-module-f2d63e08416c015f45829b5cbb39dabe\"\">Travel Policy<\/h3>    <nav class=\"widget widget_meta\" aria-labelledby=\"title-cfct-module-f2d63e08416c015f45829b5cbb39dabe\">\n\n        <div class=\"menu-cfct-module-f2d63e08416c015f45829b5cbb39dabe-container\"><ul id = \"menu-travel-policy-procedures\" class = \"menu nav\"><li id=\"menu-item-8912\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8912\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/\">General Travel and Expense<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8911\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8911\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/air-travel\/\">Air Travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8915\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8915\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/lodging\/\">Lodging<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8916\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8916\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/meal-and-incidental-per-diem-allowances\/\">Meal and Incidental\/Per Diem Allowances<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8970\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8970\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/purchase-payment-miscellaneous-travel-expenses\/\">Miscellaneous Travel Expenses<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8913\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8913\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/ground-transportation\/\">Ground Transportation<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8914\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8914\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/universities-of-wisconsin-business-meals-and-events\/\">Business Meals (Formally Hosted Meals)<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8917\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8917\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/wisconsin-sales-tax-exemption\/\">Wisconsin Sales Tax Exemption<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-8919\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-8919\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/general-travel-and-expense\/sales-tax-exemption-from-other-states\/\">Sales Tax Exemption From Other States<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>    <\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-callout\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content callout standard grey-bg\">\n    <h3 class=\"cfct-mod-title\">Policy<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/uw-policies\/uw-system-administrative-policies\/travel-and-expense-general-travel-expense-policy\/#IV.MealandIncidentalPerDiem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UW System Administrative Policy 405: Travel and Expense Policy &#8211; Meal &amp; Incidental Per Diem<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><h2>Policy Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Travelers receive a daily allowance for meals and incidentals that is determined by the General Services Administration (GSA)<\/li>\n<li>$15 tax reportable day trip meal allowance when no overnight stay is incurred<\/li>\n<li>When meals are provided to the traveler, they are to be deducted from the allowance.<\/li>\n<li>The M&amp;IE per diem allowance policy does not apply to hosting, hospitality, business meals, and meals provided as part of an official function, conference or other University sponsored event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-3 cfct-block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-rich-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-mod-content copy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/lodging-and-meal-per-diem-calculator\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4805 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/01\/Use-the-Lodging-and-Meal-Per-Diem-Calculator-300x300.png\" alt=\"Meal per diem calculator\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/01\/Use-the-Lodging-and-Meal-Per-Diem-Calculator-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/01\/Use-the-Lodging-and-Meal-Per-Diem-Calculator-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/01\/Use-the-Lodging-and-Meal-Per-Diem-Calculator-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/01\/Use-the-Lodging-and-Meal-Per-Diem-Calculator-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/275\/2020\/01\/Use-the-Lodging-and-Meal-Per-Diem-Calculator.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cfct-module uwsa-doc-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"doc-list\">\r\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3346,"featured_media":0,"parent":3806,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/275.3367.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3812","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cfct-can-haz-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3812"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20090,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3812\/revisions\/20090"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wisconsin.edu\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}