One of Nicole's maternal great-grandfathers, John Ivan Lenchanko, was born in 1913, in Keanae, Maui, to Niketa Dimtri Lenchanko and Paraskovia Zenchenko, who were Ukrainian immigrants. Even though she is of Filipino, Native Hawaiian, and Ukrainian descent, she played a Puerto Rican in 2003's Chasing Papi (2003).
The IRS-approved per diem rate for high-cost areas is $242 ($177 for lodging and $65 for meals and incidental expenses). The IRS-approved per diem rate for all other areas is $163 ($111 for lodging and $52 for meals and incidental expenses).
For purposes of the high-low substantiation method, the per diem rates are $259 for travel to any high-cost locality, up from $251 last year, and $172 for travel to any other locality within the continental United States, which is a little higher than the $170 rate for 2013-14.he IRS has announced the special per diem rates for 2014-15 that taxpayers can use for substantiating the amount of ordinary and necessary business expenses incurred while traveling away from home. The new per diem rates will go into effect on Oct. 1.