SECTION 3. SPECIAL M&IE RATES
Internal Revenue Bulletin 2018-42 · 2026-10-03 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · United States
FOR TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
The special M&IE rates for taxpayers in the transportation industry are $66 for any locality of travel in the continental United States (CONUS) and $71 for any
Key city County or other defined location
Arizona
Sedona City Limits of Sedona
California
Los Angeles
(October 1-October 31 and January 1-September 30)
Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Edwards AFB less
the city of Santa Monica
Monterey Monterey
(July 1-August 31)
Napa Napa
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Key city County or other defined location
(October 1-October 31 and May
1-September 30)
Oakland Alameda
San Diego San Diego
(January 1-July 31)
San Francisco San Francisco
San Mateo/Foster City/Belmont San Mateo
Santa Barbara Santa Barbara
Santa Monica City limits of Santa Monica
Sunnyvale/Palo Alto/San Jose Santa Clara
Colorado
Aspen
(October 1-March 31 and June 1-September 30)
Pitkin
Denver/Aurora Denver, Adams, Arapahoe, and Jefferson
Grand Lake Grand
(December 1-March 31)
Silverthorne/Breckenridge
(December 1-March 31)
Summit
Telluride San Miguel
Vail Eagle
(December 1-March 31 and July 1-August 31)
Delaware
Lewes (July 1-August 31) Sussex
District of Columbia
Washington D.C. (also the cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, and
Fairfax, and the counties of Arlington and Fairfax, in Virginia; and the counties of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland) (See also Maryland and Virginia)
Florida
Boca Raton/Delray Beach/Jupiter Palm Beach and Hendry
(December 1-April 30)
Fort Lauderdale Broward
(January 1-April 30)
Fort Meyers Lee
(February 1-March 31)
Fort Walton Beach/De Funiak Springs Okaloosa and Walton
(June 1-July 31)
Key West Monroe
Miami Miami-Dade
(December 1-March 31)
Naples Collier
(February 1-April 30)
Vero Beach Indian River
(December 1-April 30)
Georgia
Jekyll Island/Brunswick Glynn
(March 1-July 31)
Illinois
Chicago Cook and Lake
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Key city County or other defined location
(October 1-November 30 and April 1-September 30)
Maine
Bar Harbor/Rockport Hancock and Knox
(July 1-August 31)
Maryland
Ocean City Worcester
(July 1-August 31)
Washington, DC Metro Area Montgomery and Prince George’s
Massachusetts
Boston/Cambridge Suffolk, City of Cambridge
(October 1-November 30 and March 1-September 30)
Falmouth City limits of Falmouth
(July 1-August 31)
Hyannis Barnstable less the city of
(July 1-August 31) Falmouth
Martha’s Vineyard Dukes
(June 1-September 30)
Nantucket Nantucket
(June 1-September 30)
Michigan
Traverse City Grand Traverse
(July 1-August 31)
Minnesota
Duluth St. Louis
(June 1-August 31)
New York
Lake Placid Essex
(July 1-August 31)
New York City Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond
Oregon
Portland Multnomah
(October 1-October 31 and April 1-September 30)
Seaside Clatsop
(July 1-August 31)
Pennsylvania
Hershey Hershey
(June 1-August 31)
Philadelphia Philadelphia
(October 1-November 30 and April 1-September 30)
Rhode Island
Jamestown/Middletown/Newport Newport
(June 1-August 31)
South Carolina
Charleston
(October 1-October 31 and March 1-September 30)
Texas
Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester
Pecos Reeves
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Key city County or other defined location
(January 1-March 31)
Utah
Moab Grand
(October 1-October 31 and March 1-September 30)
Park City Summit
(December 1-March 31)
Virginia
Virginia Beach City of Virginia Beach
(June 1-August 31)
Wallops Island Accomack
(July 1-August 31)
Washington, DC Metro Area Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, and Falls Church;
Counties of Arlington and Fairfax
Washington
Seattle King
Vancouver Clark, Cowlitz, and Skamania
(October 1-October 31 and April 1-September 30)
Wyoming
Cody Park
(June 1-September 30)
Jackson/Pinedale Teton and Sublette
(July 1-August 31)
- Changes in high-cost localities . The list of high-cost localities in this notice differs from the list of high-cost localities in section 5 of Notice 2017–54.
a. The following localities have been
added to the list of high-cost localities: Sedona, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; Vero Beach, Florida; Jekyll Island/ Brunswick, Georgia; Duluth, Minnesota; Pecos, Texas; Moab, Utah; Cody, Wyoming. b. The following localities have changed
the portion of the year in which they are high-cost localities: Oakland, California; Aspen, Colorado; Boca Raton/Delray Beach/Jupiter, Florida; Naples, Florida; Bar Harbor/Rockport, Maine; Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts; Jamestown/Middletown/Newport, Rhode Island; Charleston, South Carolina; Vancouver, Washington; Jackson/Pinedale, Wyoming. c. The following localities have been re moved from the list of high-cost localities: Mill Valley/San Rafael/ Novato, California; Steamboat Springs, Colo
rado; Petoskey, Michigan; Saratoga Springs/Schenectady, New York. d. The following localities have been
redefined: Traverse City, Michigan no longer includes Leland; Bar Harbor, Maine now includes Rockport.
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