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    Apr 15, 2010, 08:25 AM
    Is the amount in box 14 of w-2 taxable? It has per diem under it.
    My husband works for a trucking company. He is a cross country truck driver. The company switched the way they pay their drivers in Jan. 09. They require the drivers to pay a per diem out of their own pay. The company does not pay the per diem the drivers do. On his W-2 in box 14 they have the amount he has paid in per diem. Is this taxable income?
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    Apr 15, 2010, 11:41 PM

    Amount in box 14 is for your information. It is not taxable. If you are eligible for per diem deduction, take deduction on schedule A (Form 1040) as employee business expenses. You can deduct the expenses that are more than 2% of your adjusted gross income (Form 1040, line 38).
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