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Travel Reimbursement Rates

Reimbursement Rates

Travel Expense Reimbursement Rates

  • Meal Per Diem

    Effective September 4, 2022

    Overnight Meal Per Diem / Subsistence
    Departure before 12:00 PM
    $41.00 In-State  |  $52.00 Out of State

    Departure between 12:00 PM and 4:30PM
     $20.50 In-State  |  $26.00 Out of State

    Departure after 4:30 PM
    None

    Return before 12:00 PM, but after 7:30 AM
     $20.50 In-State  |  $26.00 Out of State

    Return after 12:00 PM
    $41.00 In-State  |   $52.00 Out of State

    *No subsistence is paid for travel segment that are less than 7 1/2 hours.  Subsistence may not be claimed for same day travel.  Overnight travel must be involved in order to claim subsistence.
    Meals Provided Deduction

    If a meal is provided, no subsistence shall be claimed for that meal and the meal is to be deducted as follows:

    • Breakfast
      $10.25 In-State  |  $13.00 Out of State
    • Lunch
      $10.25 In-State  |  $13.00 Out of State
    • Dinner$20.50 In-State  |  $26.00 Out of State

    The State of Indiana must not pay for a person's meals more than once.  This includes, but is not limited to, meals included in registration fees or by hotels in the room charge.  If a person in travel status received a meal without charge, then the subsistence allowance must be reduced.  However, no deductions from subsistence shall be taken for continental breakfasts or meals served on airplanes.

    Overnight Per Diem/Subsistence for Other Countries

    Travel to Specific Countries divide by four (4), one quarter is to be claimed for Breakfast, one quarter for Lunch and the remaining half (½) for Dinner.

    Other countries outside USA are to be claimed at fifty dollars ($52.00), with the same departure and return times in the chart above applied. An original paid lodging bill is required to claim subsistence for over-night travel.

    Specific Country Daily Rates include:

    • Japan = $90.00
    • Korea and Taiwan = $85.00
    • China, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Singapore = $65.00
  • In-State Lodging

    Effective October 1, 2024

    Location

    Rate

    Standard Rate
    (All locations without specified rates)

    $110.00

    Indianapolis/Carmel

    $133.00

    Lafayette/West Lafayette

    $123.00

    Note: Taxes should be paid and reimbursed if in-State lodging is secured using a personal credit card. In-State lodging transactions using the State’s travel card program are tax exempt.

    Department of Revenue’s Informational Bulletin 41

    Sales and County Tax Exemption Department of Revenue Memorandum | (.pdf)

  • Mileage

    Effective June 15, 2022

    .49 cents/mile
    (for all business miles driven)

  • Indianapolis Airport Parking

    maximum base rate

    $9/day
    (If the facility charges airport fees and gas surcharges those may be reimbursed with an itemized receipt)

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