[tei-council] Food per diem amounts

[Brett Barney]

Hmmm. OK. Thanks!

On Apr 16, 2013, at 9:25 PM, Kevin Hawkins wrote:

> We use 70% of the US Department of State rates for locations outside the 
> US.  For locations inside the US, we use 100% of the US General Services 
> Administration rate, rounded up to the nearest $10.  But according to 
> the full policy at:
> 
> http://www.tei-c.org/Board/procedures.xml#body.1_div.8
> 
> we claim incidentals, though this hasn't been itemized on the 
> reimbursement form since as long as I've been on Council.
> 
> Anyway, I would just use the following for meals you purchased on your 
> own while traveling to Providence:
> 
> breakfast: $12
> lunch: $18
> dinner: $36
> 
> --K.
> 
> On 4/16/13 1:26 PM, Brett Barney wrote:
>> Hi James and all,
>> 
>> Directives from last year indicated that our per diem rate was 70% of the US State Dept.'s figure, which would mean $50/day. Assuming that's right, I think the by-meal breakdown would go like this:
>> 
>> breakfast: $12.50 (25%)
>> lunch: $17.50 (35%)
>> supper: $20 (40%)
>> 
>> Does this all seem right?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Brett
>> 
>> On Apr 5, 2013, at 10:31 AM, James Cummings wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> A reminder that the maximum per diem for all meals for a TEI
>>> council meeting is $71/day.
>>> 
>>> These come from the GSA rates at
>>> http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104877 (when the location is
>>> within the US, we use the State Department's rates
>>> http://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp when outside).
>>> 
>>> Previously we've broken these into Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner to
>>> match the
>>> 
>>> http://www.tei-c.org/Admin/TEI_travel_form.pdf
>>> 
>>> but that is the target that you should be trying to keep under if
>>> you don't want to be out-of-pocket.
>>> 
>>> In the cases where we are all having a meal out together it has
>>> often been the case that someone whose credit card is in local US
>>> currency will pay and then submit a full and detailed receipt to
>>> be reimbursed for this. (This stops extra expenses from exchange
>>> rates, etc.)  In cases where someone pays then you should _not_
>>> claim for that meal, lest JohnU get confused.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> -James
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Dr James Cummings, James.Cummings at it.ox.ac.uk
>>> Academic IT Services, University of Oxford
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>> 
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