Daily Per Diems
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Daily Per Diems
Hi All,
I know this has been spoken about before,and I have done a search but for the life of me, I can't find the thread, so please bear with me.
What should the normal PD be for a CJ3 F/O in UK. Also is it supposed to increase with a fleet change, i.e. moving to a 800XP or is it a standard PD.
Many Thanks
I know this has been spoken about before,and I have done a search but for the life of me, I can't find the thread, so please bear with me.
What should the normal PD be for a CJ3 F/O in UK. Also is it supposed to increase with a fleet change, i.e. moving to a 800XP or is it a standard PD.
Many Thanks
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Oops Silly me Flintstone !!! and there was me thinking that I could get some helpful advice on here. 
Good point about the 800 driver eating more than a CJ chappie though
Good point about the 800 driver eating more than a CJ chappie though
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Yeah, sorry about that. I mean, it's not as if the info isn't on here somewhere
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=297589
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=297589
Please do tell more!!!!!!!! £800 free? from the Taxman? I'll have some of that thanks.
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Why do you want per diems?
Your company may have different rules, but I have never been particularly fond of per diems. You need to consider what your employer will NOT pay for as a result of giving you this "free money", and then figure out if you are actually better off.
The advantage for the employee is that instead of collecting receipts and filling in expense claims for small living expenses, you just pay for everything out of your own pocket, and claim the per diem instead. The advantage for the employer is that it is easier to hand out a per diem than it is to actually process expense claims for bus tickets and bars of chocolate.
In each case, employee and employer, you hope that the result is slightly cash positive, and administratively simpler.
Some years ago my employer had a policy that you could EITHER collect a per diem of $50 (it was worth more then) with no receipts required OR you could claim back whatever you spent on food, snacks, etc with a full expense claim (with receipts) but no per diem. The employees divided cleanly into two camps - the guys who sat in their hotel rooms eating Big Macs and looking forward to the "profit" they would make on the per diem, and the guys (including me) who considered it our duty to eat fine foods and drink fine wines to ensure that we routinely exceeded the $50 "target". I certainly know who had more fun!
The advantage for the employee is that instead of collecting receipts and filling in expense claims for small living expenses, you just pay for everything out of your own pocket, and claim the per diem instead. The advantage for the employer is that it is easier to hand out a per diem than it is to actually process expense claims for bus tickets and bars of chocolate.
In each case, employee and employer, you hope that the result is slightly cash positive, and administratively simpler.
Some years ago my employer had a policy that you could EITHER collect a per diem of $50 (it was worth more then) with no receipts required OR you could claim back whatever you spent on food, snacks, etc with a full expense claim (with receipts) but no per diem. The employees divided cleanly into two camps - the guys who sat in their hotel rooms eating Big Macs and looking forward to the "profit" they would make on the per diem, and the guys (including me) who considered it our duty to eat fine foods and drink fine wines to ensure that we routinely exceeded the $50 "target". I certainly know who had more fun!
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Flintstone, I'm nothing if not fair. It's a deal, beer vouchers split 50/50. Don't hold your breath though, nothing has turned up yet.
However if I was an accountant people would be beating my door down offerering bundles of cash for providing such information
However if I was an accountant people would be beating my door down offerering bundles of cash for providing such information
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it depends on the country
I really depends in which contry you pay tax. I work for a UK person but I pay the taxes in Italy. For me it is better to pay by myself than claim the money back, because I didn't pay taxes on the refunds.
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I fly a CJ2/3 and get $2.00 an hour as an F/O in the U.S. I would like to know how that compares to other corporate U.S. rates. I came from a cargo airline that paid $1.45 an hour.
