Publication 1542 - Per Diem Rates (For Travel Within The Continental United States) Page 2

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Transition rules. Rules are in effect that allow you to
Per diem rates on the Internet. You can access the
continue using the method and rate(s) you used for the first
federal per diem rates for CONUS localities on the Internet
9 months of 2002, rather than using the updated GSA
at This website also
rate(s), for expenses of all CONUS travel away from home
provides a link to rates for localities outside CONUS.
that are paid or incurred during calendar year 2002. For
more specific information, see footnote 1 of the table you
Comments and suggestions. We welcome your com-
are using.
ments about this publication and your suggestions for
The lodging rates for 46 cities listed in this publi-
future editions.
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cation may change later in 2003. To be sure you
You can e-mail us while visiting our web site at
have the most current rate, check the Internet
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(see Per diem rates on the Internet, later) or call the IRS at
You can write to us at the following address:
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Travel outside CONUS. The federal per diem rates for
Individual Forms and Publications
localities outside CONUS, including Alaska, Hawaii,
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Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. posses-
sions, and all foreign localities, are published monthly. You
1111 Constitution Ave. NW
can buy the per diem supplement, Maximum Travel Per
Washington, DC 20224
Diem Allowances for Foreign Areas, from the U.S. Govern-
ment Printing Office. Call (866) 512 –1800 (toll-free), fax
We respond to many letters by telephone. Therefore, it
(202) 512 – 2250, write to the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250 –7954, or
would be helpful if you would include your daytime phone
visit the GPO web site at
number, including the area code, in your correspondence.
Table 1. Localities Eligible for $204 ($42 M&IE) Per Diem Amount Under the High-Low Substantiation Method
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(Effective October 1, 2001 – September 30, 2002)
Note: The standard (“low”) rate of $125 ($91 for lodging and $34 for M&IE) applies to all locations within the continental United States
(CONUS) not specifically listed below or encompassed by the boundary definition of a listed point.
Per Diem Locality
Effective Date of
State
Key City
County and/or Other Defined Location
$204 Rate
CA
Napa
Napa
4/1 - 11/15
Palm Springs
Riverside
1/1 - 5/31
San Francisco
San Francisco
All year
San Mateo/Redwood City
San Mateo
All year
Sunnyvale/Palo Alto/San Jose
Santa Clara
All year
Tahoe City
Placer
All year
CO
Aspen
Pitkin
1/1 - 4/30
Silverthorne/Keystone
Summit
All year
Telluride
San Miguel
1/1 - 9/30
12/20 - 12/31
Vail
Eagle
1/1 - 3/31
12/1 - 12/31
DC
Washington, DC (also the cities of
All year
Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church, and
the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, and
Loudoun, in Virginia; and the counties of
Montgomery and Prince George’s in
Maryland)
FL
Key West
Monroe
1/1 - 4/30
Palm Beach (also the cities of Boca Raton, Palm Beach
1/1 - 4/30
Delray Beach, Jupiter, Palm Beach
Gardens, Palm Beach Shores, Singer
Island, and West Palm Beach)
ID
Sun Valley
City limits of Sun Valley
All year
IL
Chicago
Cook, Lake
All year
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