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EZPERDIEM.COM liable for errors on your tax return. You will seek professional assistance if you
are confused about your taxes. You
recognize the following facts about EZPERDIEM.COM: EZPERDIEM.COM is a first and
foremost a per diem calculator and expense tracker intended for use by airline
flight crewmembers. It is simply a tool to be used in adjacent with all of the
other tax data available to the general public.
It is not meant to give advice on tax deductions. Currently, EZPERDIEM.COM is only an
aviation-related website. Anyone not in the aviation profession will not
benefit from the information provided by EZPERDIEM.COM. EZPERDIEM.COM does not
do taxes, nor do we provide official tax advice. EZPERDIEM.COM is not responsible for the data
you enter into our website, nor do we check that data. The terms meal expense,
standard meal expense, and per diem calculation are used interchangeably
throughout this website. The word unofficial used throughout this text means
that the information it relates to is not meant to replace guidance from the
IRS or a Professional Tax Preparer, and that information must be verified by
your own investigation. EZPERDIEM.COM gives some unofficial guidance for users
of TurboTax and TaxCut tax preparation software. This unofficial guidance is so
users can better learn where to insert the EZPERDIEM.COM per diem calculation
(standard meal expense) and airline related tax expenses. It is nothing more. For a pilot or a flight
attendant to benefit from deducting meal expenses, that pilot or flight
attendant must itemize their deductions on their tax return. If you are a pilot
or a flight attendant who takes the standard deduction (does not itemize), the
EZPERDIEM.COM calculation will not increase your refund. Before you will see an
increase in your refund, you must also have enough employee business expenses
to exceed the 2% limit as defined by the IRS. Information on the 2% limit is
contained in various unofficial places within this website, but can also be
accessed via links to the IRS website. You must also include the per diem you
were reimbursed from your employer(s). The per diem reimbursement (commonly
called nontaxable per diem) is up to you to find in your W-2, last paycheck
stub, or other company pay-related documentation. If EZPERDIEM.COM provides
guidance, it is only to give pilots and flight attendants ideas on what may be
a deductible, and that guidance is unofficial. The determination on whether
that deduction is legitimate rests with you or your professional tax preparer.
EZPERDIEM.COM does not offer protection in the event of an IRS audit. You, the
taxpayer, are ultimately responsible for verifying the accuracy of all tax
information you include in your tax returns. While we at EZPERDIEM.COM work
diligently to ensure the accuracy of all of our data and calculations, errors
are always possible, especially when a very large amount of data is used and
compiled. Government data is continuously being updated at random intervals, so
we do not guarantee that the per diem calculation will exactly match the latest
available from the DOT or GSA. Normally
such differences in a per diem calculation are very small and negligible. You are encouraged to seek the knowledge of a
certified public accountant or professional tax preparer if you have any
concerns about the accuracy of the data EZPERDIEM.COM provides or if you have
any confusion about how to enter the data into an online or off-the-shelf tax
software program. EZPERDIEM.COM provides some links to appropriate IRS websites
so you can personally verify the accuracy of all calculations or unofficial
guidance we may provide. All per diem data used by EZPERDIEM.COM can found by
accessing the IRS website. EZPERDIEM.COM recommends you save copies of all
tax-related information we provide by printing a hardcopy because we do not
guarantee that we will save your data. COPYRIGHT INFORMATION: Copying any of the ideas
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personal use, and not attempt to create a similar program based on ideas you
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