The IRS allows people who travel for business to deduct their meal expenses from their income. The Per Diem rate is set by the IRS. The current rate (as of October 1, 2015) is $63 per day in the Continental US and $68 per day while in Canada.You may hear the amount of the deduction quoted as $50.40.he IRS allows people who travel for business to deduct their meal expenses from their income. The Per Diem rate is set by the IRS. The current rate (as of October 1, 2015) is $63 per day in the Continental US and $68 per day while in Canada.
Qualified dividend. In the U.S. a qualified dividend is a type of dividend to which capital gains tax rates are applied. These tax rates are usually lower than regular income tax rates. In contrast, ordinary dividends that do not qualify for this tax preference are taxed at an individual's normal income tax rate.
Qualified dividends are usually those received from domestic corporations or certain qualified foreign corporations, and, as of 2011, they are taxed at the 15 percent tax rate if your ordinary income rate is 25 percent or higher.f there is enough profit left over to pay out dividends to shareholders, the distributions are taxed again to the individual stockholders at their regular tax rates. A C corporation can be taxed at rates as high as 39 percent, as of 2011.