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Claim for Meals and Lodging Expenses
Use this form if you are an employee of a transport business, such as an airline, railway, bus or trucking company, or if you
are an other transport employee, as defined in Chapter 4 of Guide T4044, Employment Expenses, including a long-haul truck
driver.
 
You complete Parts 1 and 2, and your employer completes Part 3. For more information, see Chapter 4 of Guide T4044.
 
If there is not enough space below, attach another sheet of paper. Keep receipts to support your claim in case the Canada
Revenue Agency (CRA) asks you for them.
 
You do not have to send this form with your return, but keep it in case the CRA asks to see it later.
 
 Part 1 – Employee information
 Last name  First name Social insurance number
 
 Period of Year     Year Month     Year Month   Method of calculation used
 employment   From:   To:   Simplified Detailed Batching
 during      
 
 Part 2A – Trip and expense summary not including eligible travel periods of long-haul truck drivers
  (attach a separate sheet if needed)
Number of Average
number of		   Away from Service Meals bought Lodging and showers
Days Trips hours per
trip(1)		 Home terminal home terminal classification(2) No. Cost
Canadian dollars		 No. Cost
Canadian dollars
              $     $  
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
Totals (i)   (ii)  
 
 Part 2B – Trip and expense summary for eligible travel periods of long-haul truck drivers
  (attach a separate sheet if needed)
Number of Average
number of		     Meals bought Lodging and showers
Days Trips hours per
trip(1)		 Home terminal Away from home terminal No. Cost
Canadian dollars		 No. Cost
Canadian dollars
            $     $  
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
Totals (iii)   (iv)  
 
 
(1) Enter the average length of time you spent away from your employer's home terminal. This is the employer's establishment
where you report for work.
 
(2) This applies only to claims that railway employees make. Enter your class of service (for example, engineer, maintenance
worker, conductor, machine operator, or maintenance-of-way employee).
 
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Total amount you paid for meals from line (i) in Part 2A 8523  1
Subtract any non-taxable amount you received or will receive for
these expenses   –  2
Line 1 minus line 2 (if negative, enter "0")   = x 50% =  3
Total amount you paid for meals from line (iii) in Part 2B 8528  4
Subtract any non-taxable amount you received or will receive for
these expenses.   –  5
Line 4 minus line 5 (if negative, enter "0")   = x 80% =  6
 
Total amount you paid for lodging from line (ii) in Part 2A    7
 
Total amount you paid for lodging from line (iv) in Part 2B   +  8
Line 7 plus line 8   =  9
Subtract any non-taxable amount you received or will receive for
these expenses.   –  10
Line 9 minus line 10 (if negative, enter "0") 9200 = ► +  11
Allowable claim: Add lines 3, 6 and 11. Enter this amount on line 22900 of your return.   =  12
 
Certification by employee
 
  I certify that the information given in this form is correct and complete, and is a true statement of the actual expenses I paid
  while I was away from my home terminal during (Year)
 
Date    Signature     
 
 
Part 3 – Employment information (to be completed by the employer)
1. Is your company's main business the transportation of:
  • goods Yes  No 
 
  • passengers Yes  No 
 
2. What is the name of the collective agreement that governs this employee's employment with
  your company?
     
 
3. Is the employee ever required for their job to be away for at least 12 consecutive hours from
  the municipality and metropolitan area (if there is one) where the employee regularly reports to
  work? Yes  No 
 
4. a) Is the employee a long-haul truck driver? Yes  No 
  b) If yes, is the employee ever required for their job to be away for at least 24 consecutive
  hours from the municipality or metropolitan area (if there is one) where the employee
regularly reports to work, and to travel at least 160 kilometres from the employer's
  establishment to which the employee regularly reports to work? Yes  No 
 
5. Are subsidized meals available to this employee? Yes  No 
  If yes, what is the total cost to this employee?   $    
   
6. a) Is the employee entitled to receive an allowance or repayment for:
  • meals Yes  No  Amount $    
  • lodging Yes  No  Amount $    
 
  b) How much of the allowance or repayment did you report on this employee's T4 slip?   $    
 
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Certification by employer
   
  I certify that the information given in Part 3 is, to the best of my knowledge, correct and complete.
         
  Name of employer   Name of authorized person  
         
  Date Telephone number   Signature of employer or authorized person  
 
 
 Employment conditions
 
You can claim the cost of meals and lodging (including showers) if you meet all four of the following conditions:
• you work for an airline, railway, bus, or trucking company, or for any other employer whose main business is transporting
goods, passengers, or both
• you travel in vehicles your employer uses to transport goods or passengers
• you regularly have to travel away from the municipality and metropolitan area (if there is one) where your home terminal is
located
• you regularly incur meal and lodging expenses while away from the municipality and metropolitan area (if there is one)
where your home terminal is located. This means that you must generally be away from home overnight to do your job
 
For more information on meal allowances and subsidized meals, see Information Circular IC73-21R9 Claims for Meals and
Lodging Expenses of Transport Employees, and Guide T4044, Employment Expenses.
Even if you do not meet all of the above four conditions, you may still be able to claim the cost of meals and lodging you incur in
the year. For example, you may be an employee whose main duty of employment is transporting goods, but your employer's
main business is not transporting goods or passengers. If you meet the conditions listed under the section called "Travelling
expenses" in Chapter 3 of Guide T4044, you will still qualify to use the simplified method of claiming meal expenses (based on
a per meal rate of $23 which includes sales tax) described in Chapter 4 of the guide. For more information about both sets of
conditions, see Information Circular IC73-21R9.
 
You can also claim the cost of meals and lodging when you meet one of the following conditions:
• you work away from home for a railway company as a telegrapher or station agent in a relief capacity, or carrying out
maintenance and repair work for the railway company
• you are a railway employee who works away from the municipality and metropolitan area (if there is one) where your home
terminal is located. You also work at such a distant location that it is unreasonable for you to return daily to your home, where
you support a spouse or common-law partner, or a dependant related to you
 
Meal and beverage expenses for long-haul truck drivers are deductible at a rate higher than the 50% permitted for other
transportation employees. During eligible travel periods, meal and beverage expenses incurred are deductible at a rate of 80%.
 
You are a long-haul truck driver if you are an employee whose main duty of employment is transporting goods by way of
driving a long-haul truck, whether or not your employer's main business is transporting goods, passengers, or both.
 
A long-haul truck is a truck or tractor that is designed for hauling freight, and has a gross vehicle weight rating of more
than 11,788 kg.
 
An eligible travel period is a period during which you are away from your municipality or metropolitan area (if there is one) for
at least 24 hours for the purpose of driving a long-haul truck that transports goods at least 160 kilometres from the employer's
establishment to which you regularly report to work.
 
See the privacy notice on your return.
 
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