Schneider Per Diem Policy

mickeyrat · Feb 11, 2018

TennMan said: ↑

I don't know I just can't believe the only way to get the tax deduction is thru the company you work for. It's a tax deduction allowed by the IRS.

The end times must be near...lol
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you still qualify going forward

drvrtech77 · Feb 11, 2018

Tb0n3 said: ↑

The point of taking a set cpm for days worked is because before the ELD mandate they had no exact way to calculate the days spent away from home. It's not a cheat, it's a shortcut to save manpower.
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No...sni is stealing again just like they do on the choice board...

Tbird178 · Feb 26, 2018

I'll be filling my cooler up with enough food to get me through. I hope McDonald's and Arbys don't miss my business. My taxes will go up about $750 per year now. I'm not saving that on taxes with the new tax plan. If my representatives voted for the new tax plan, I won't be voting for them.

Tbird178 · Feb 26, 2018

Junker Georger said: ↑

As of January 1, 2018 it is no longer possible for company truck drivers to deduct per diem from their federal personal tax returns. The per diem program has not been changed but the new tax law eliminated Form 2106 on which the driver entered their unreimbursed employee business expenses of which per diem was one. The only way for a company driver to get per diem is to have the company pay it (it's still possible for LLCs, Sole Proprietors, S-Corps and C-Corps to take the dedcution). If your company does not pay per diem, you are SOL. For the last 10 years I took the deduction on my personal taxes but as of 1 January 2018 I was forced to have Schneider pay me the per diem and that's when I discovered an underpublicized part of the Schneider Per Diem Program. The documentation is the answer to question #13 on the company's Per Diem FAQ document available by request from a driver's DBL. Schneider will pay their company drivers per diem for every day that driver does NOT pass within 50 miles of their "home park location". If a driver passes within 50 miiles of their "home park location" said driver is considered to be Time At Home (TAH) and does not get paid per diem EVEN THOUGH THE DRIVER IS NOT AT HOME! Example; a driver is assigned to the Columbus Ohio Operating Center in Obetz. A driver departing Wheeling West Virginia in the morning and drives via I70 to Effingham Illinois where they decide to take their DOT10. Because the driver passed within 50 miles of their "home park location" (Obetz, Ohio) they will NOT be paid per diem and will be considered TAH (for per diem purposes) even though the driver is spending the evening in Effingham Illinois! If you park at Carlisle, PA and pass on I81 or the PA Turnpike or Atlanta, GA and travel on I285/I85/I75/ etc or Gary, IN and pass through on I80 (you get the idea) you are TAH and NO per diem will be paid for that day. If you don't think this is an issue, think again especially if you spend 300 days OTR. It might be a good idea for you to contact your DBL/Regional Director etc., and apply pressure to have this arbitray policy changed and make it fair to company drivers. I don't know about you but I don't consider myself at home unless I'm in my master bedroom lying in bed watching Hogan's Heroes on the MeTV channel.
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Does O/O food cost more than company drivers. I bet Corp execs still get the write off too. Tax the little man.. I guess that is the new GOP platform.

TennMan said: ↑

as of 1 January 2018 I was forced to have Schneider pay me the per diem and that's when I discovered an underpublicized part of the Schneider Per Diem Program. The documentation is the answer to question #13 on the company's Per Diem FAQ document available by request from a driver's DBL. Schneider will pay their company drivers per diem for every day that driver does NOT pass within 50 miles of their "home park location".

When did Schneider policy supercede tax code?

I'm not an accountant but my accountant took that deduction for me.

The way it's been explained to me is the per diem is a deduction allowed by IRS for workers who travel for their job to help off set daily expenses while away from home.

Schneider has always cheated drivers out of the per diem by only paying based on mileage earned on days worked even though you can take the deduction for every day your away from home because of work. So even when you are forced to be away from home doing a reset you can count those days for per diem.
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TennMan · Feb 26, 2018

I'd find a new accountant.

JOHNQPUBLIC · Mar 5, 2018

Tbird178 said: ↑

I bet Corp execs still get the write off too. Tax the little man.. I guess that is the new GOP platform.
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That has always been the GOP platform. Just seems a lot of us little guys never figure it out. Remember trickle down economics? Big scam, the rich are rich because the only trickle down happening is directly into their pockets.

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