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KLLM Listens to Driver Requests, Announces Optional Per Diem Program

February 23, 2008 - WMG Interactive

Richland, MS. -- Continuing a tradition of exceptional commitment to their drivers, KLLM Transport Services, Inc. announced a new per diem allowance program available to OTR, Regional and Dedicated Company drivers. The new per diem program is KLLM’s response to requests and opinions submitted through their driver suggestion line.

Jim Richards, Chief Operating Officer at KLLM, reviews driver suggestions each week. “We’d been receiving numerous suggestions about per diem pay,” Richards said. “So, we worked very closely with the IRS and our accounting audit group to increase drivers’ take home pay.”

With per diem, the IRS allows a portion of your pay to be reclassified as non-taxable to help offset “road living expenses” incurred away from home. For each travel day worked, $52.00 of your gross earnings may be reclassified as non-taxable, per diem. You still receive all of your earnings, but your taxable income is lowered. With fewer taxes to pay out, drivers’ take-home pay increases.

However, before putting the new per diem allowance program into effect, KLLM sought the opinion of their drivers once more. Richards addresses the KLLM driving force in a weekly operations message that drivers can access through a toll-free 800 number each Friday. Starting last December, Richards talked about the details of the per diem program each week.

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