[[ A few more questions on the topic of expense reimbursements being considered
taxable income:

For the past few weeks all my expense reimbursements are considered taxable
income. Here is the current idea -

I may be switching employers in the not to distant future, however, I may still be
working on the out of town project.

Question 1) The new employer may pick up all my expenses for me (air travel,
lodging, etc.), thus the $ would never hit my paystub. Since I never take
possesion of the $, would the IRS still consider this a reimbursement to me that
would need to appear on my 1040?]]

Generally no. But there are two different types of reimbursement plans: accountable (where you are reimbursed only what you spend, and only what you have documentation on) and non-accountable (where you simply receive an amount of money and you pay your expenses).
With the accountable plan, you have no additional taxable income. With the non-accountable plan, you do.
It sounds like what you are talking about above would be considered accountable, and would not be included in your income.

[[ Question 2) How can I get the IRS to not consider my reimbursements taxable?]]

Have your employer follow the rules for an accountable plan.

[[ As I recall, I would need to spend 20 consecutive business days away from the
non-home city. Does this time include vacations and training?]]

Sorry...you've lost me here. Perhaps I don't remember your original post. And I don't know where you have come up with this "20 day" thing. So perhaps I'm confused. But I would suggest that you hunker down with a copy of IRS Publications 463, 529, and 1542. After reading those publications, you'll know everything you want to know about employee business expenses, reimbursements, accountable plans, and all the rest.

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