| How does
this affect you?
Some meals are required to be taxed (those where the employee does
not spend an overnight stay). You will be contributing OASI
(Social Security and Medicare) now on these meals, and your employer
will be matching those contributions.
- Payments made through Payroll
Your travel and other reimbursement payments will still be issued
approximately twice per week, but the payments will come from the
payroll system now instead of the accounting system. They may be
paid to you on a regular pay day along with your normal wages, or they
may be issued separately, depending on the timing of the processing of
your travel voucher.
Unless you have already specified a different direct deposit method
for your travel reimbursements today, they will be direct deposited into
your default payroll account. (The one where the net amount of
your check goes, not into any accounts you may have set up to receive a
fixed amount or percentage).
Your meal allowance reimbursement rate has been increased by the
state Board of Finance, by $3 per day. This increase is to help
offset these taxes, and will be in effect for both taxable AND
non-taxable meals.
The only meals which are taxable are those where the employee does
not spend an overnight stay.
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