My husband is an insurance adjuster and a contract employee for the company he works for. His job is temporary. I know that we can deduct his hotel expenses but I'm confused on if we have to take the actual expense deduction or if we can take the per diem rate. The per diem rate would give us more but my CPA is saying and I quote "if you refer to Publication 463 regarding W-2 employees (which he really is because he receives a W-2 and not a 1099), he must use actual lodging receipts but may use either the actual meals & incidental receipts OR standard per diem rates for meals & incidentals.
Can anyone help me out here? Please?
I've been reading for hours and am so confused. I have other people in his field saying they take the per diem amount and that their CPA has always done it that way.