Federal employees traveling for work will get a little more money for lodging under the new 2017 per diem rates released by the General Services Administration on Aug. 12.
Traveling feds can get reimbursed for up to $142 a day in expenses: $91 for hotels — up from $89 per night in 2016 — and $51 for meals and incidentals, the same as the current rate.
These rates are set for the entire continental U.S., save for about 350 nonstandard areas like cities and major metropolitan areas where prices tend to be higher.
The new per diem limits take effect Oct. 1, 2016.
Feds can find out exactly how much they get per day using GSA’s per diem look-up tool, which can be searched by state, county or zip code.
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That's pretty low. Are the federal politicians also held to this number?
ReplyDelete$91? That's really not much for a hotel room.
ReplyDeleteIt's supposed to be for all federal entities, including military.
ReplyDeleteMany places accept the gov't rate as payment in full, but others don't. Anything spent on lodging or meals over and above the rates won't be reimbursed.