Travel AP Travel Office Contact Information Travel: 405.271.2038 ext. 46585 Fax Number: 405.271.3981 Travel Office Email: [email protected] Website: http://www.ouhsc.edu/financialservices/ap/travel.asp Page 1 Travel Travel Process Authorization to travel Reimbursement authorized Make travel arrangements Travel claim reviewed Submit claim to AP Travel Complete travel Submit documentation to Preparer Page 2 Travel Form 19 Page 3 Travel Who Can Claim Travel on a Form 19? Yes: I can claim Travel on a Form 19 All OUHSC employees Student traveling on OUHSC business No: I cannot claim Travel on a Form 19 Receiving an honorarium from OUHSC Student traveling for educational purposes Non-Employee on OUHSC business or seeking employment with OUHSC (faculty candidate) Independent contractor Volunteer or conference participant (no payment being made, including gift cards) Page 4 Travel Making Travel Arrangements • What can be prepaid? o Airfare University contracted travel agencies Air Travel Authorization (ATA) o Registration Purchase Order Check Pcard Direct Purchase - Claimant must wait until after travel objective occurs to be reimbursed Completing Travel • • • • • All reimbursements require business justification Avoid excess costs No upgrades will be reimbursed Keep all receipts/proof of payment Keep all website documentation Page 5 Travel In-State Travel • • • • Most in state claims are for mileage only Most direct route Any tolls incurred can be claimed Does not require pre-approval Out-of-State Travel • • • Higher Authority approval required Requires more detailed documentation than in-state claims More items claimed for reimbursement such as taxis, airfare, baggage, etc. Per Diem • • • • • Per Per Per Per Per Diem Diem Diem Diem Diem is the amount allotted per day when traveling overnight rate is figured by the US Government and not by OUHSC rate covers meals and incidentals rate is based on where business is being held rate must be documented Lodging • • • • • Claimant must live and work over 60 miles from lodging site Will only reimburse designated rate or GSA rate No upgrades allowed Must have lodging receipt Claim must have designated lodging documentation attached Page 6 Travel Preparing the Claim • • • • Travel Training is required Must use Form 19 Must provide all needed documentation for the reimbursement Comments are appreciated Claim Submission • • • • • • Claim submitted to AP Travel claim is reviewed Any missing documentation is requested via email Reimbursement authorized Payment is approved Traveler receives direct deposit within 2 - 3 business days Miscellaneous Items • • Webinars must be paid on the Form 19 Open Records Request Page 7 Travel Completed Claim Page 8 1 4 2 5 6 7 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 16 15 14 17 18 19 20 23 24 22 21 Travel 1 - Claimant Information • • • • • Claim of: Should list the claimant’s name. Please be sure this is spelled correctly. Employee ID: If the claimant is an employee, enter the six digit number listed in the HR system. Leave this section blank if the claimant is not an employee. Vendor ID: Please note that all travel claims require that individual/organization to be setup in PeopleSoft Financials as either an employee or vendor. List the Vendor ID for the individual/organization in this section. Mailing Address: This section is required for non-employees and should list the claimant’s mailing address. Leave this section blank if the claimant is an employee. The claimant’s name must match the employee’s legal name as listed in the PeopleSoft HR database. 2 - Preparation Information • • • • Approver Name: Should list the name of the person responsible for approving the voucher within PeopleSoft. Prepared By: Should list the name of the individual preparing the travel claim. This is the individual who will be contacted if any additional documentation or clarification is necessary. Email: List the email address for the travel claim preparer. Phone: List the phone number for the travel claim preparer. Page 10 Travel 3 - Assignment Information • • • • Assignment: This section of the travel claim should be completed if the payment should be made payable to someone other than the individual submitting the claim. To complete this section, enter in the name of the individual/organization to whom the payment should be made. Vendor ID: Please note that all travel claims assigned to another individual/organization require that individual/organization to be setup in PeopleSoft Financials as either an employee or vendor. List the Vendor ID for the individual/organization in this section. Claimant Date and Signature: The claimant’s signature authorizing the assignment of the claim to another individual/organization must be present in this section along with the date. Please note the claimant’s signature and date are also required at the bottom of the claim form. Note that if the Assignment section has been completed, the total amount claimed on the travel voucher will be made payable to the payee listed in this section. If other expenses should be made payable to the claimant or different sources, separate claims should be prepared for each of these sources. The claims should then be identified as a supplemental claim in the Comments (17) section. 4 - Car Ownership • If a vehicle owned by the State or University was driven during the time the individual was in travel status, please check Yes. For any other type of vehicle, please check No. Please note: Mileage cannot be claimed on a State/University vehicle. 5 - Vehicle Tag Number • • The vehicle tag number is required for personal vehicles, State or University vehicles being driven if any types of expenses relating to that vehicle are being claimed such as mileage, fuel, tolls, etc. Reimbursement of fuel for State or University vehicles is allowed with proper receipts and should be placed in the Other Miscellaneous Costs (20) section. Page 11 Travel 6 - State Official or Employee • • Check Yes if the claimant is one of the following: o A full-time, permanent University employee. o A part-time or temporary University employee. o An employee of another State agency. Check No if the claimant has any other designation. 7 - OUHSC Relationship • • • • • • • • • This section must be completed in order to determine the relationship between the claimant and OUHSC. The relationship will determine if the claim is sufficient for reimbursement or not. Employee: Check this box if the claimant is an employee of OUHSC. Student: Check this box if the claimant is a student at OUHSC. Trainee: Check this box if the claimant is an individual appointed as a trainee under a sponsored awards agreement. Temp: Check this box if the claimant is a temporary employee of OUHSC. Volunteer: Check this box if the claimant is an individual working for OUHSC but not receiving compensation. Affiliate: Check this box if the claimant is an affiliate employee of OUHSC. Participant: Check this box if the claimant is a research and/or clinical participant not receiving compensation but being reimbursed travel costs. Other: Check this box if any other relationship applies. Please note that the nature of the business relationship must be disclosed and a justification provided for travel reimbursement. 8 - Campus Location • List in this section the campus location where the claimant reports to work regularly. For most employees, the location will be Oklahoma City, Oklahoma or Tulsa, Oklahoma. However, employees hired to work at a site away from campus would enter in the city and state or country for their official work assignment. Page 12 Travel 9 - Official Business • List in this section a brief description of the reason for travel. The description should include the following information. o Name of conference, workshop or meeting. Please note that supporting documentation is required. o If not a conference, workshop or meeting, state the reason for travel such as clinical visits, resident rotation, research activities, etc. o City and state in which the business event was held. o Dates of conference, workshop or meeting. Please note this should reflect the actual business event dates, not the dates of travel. 10 - Points of Travel • • List in this section the city and state where the travel originated, each city and state visited, and the city and state where travel ended. Points of travel should include beginning and ending location points of travel and list all cities where University business was conducted. If the trip includes travelling to multiple cities, the dates and times for each city need to be listed separately on the form so that the per diem and lodging can be properly calculated. Page 13 Travel 11 – Dates of Travel • • • • Dates should include the year, month and day. If the travel began and ended on the same month, day and year, only one entry should be recorded. If the trip included travel to multiple cities with overnight stays, the ending date from one city would be the beginning date for the next city. Contiguous business travel shall not begin more than 24 hours before or continue more than 24 hours after the objective of the business travel. Non-contiguous business travel shall not being more than 48 hours before or continue more than 48 hours after the objective of the business travel. If part of the trip included personal travel, the business travel dates should be listed in this part of the form for the calculation of per diem and lodging reimbursement but the actual travel dates should be noted at the bottom of this section. 12 - Mileage Claimed • • • • • This section should be completed when a personal vehicle was used for University business travel and reimbursement for mileage is being requested. All mileage for one day should be listed on one line only. Mileage can be calculated by using either an odometer reading or an online mileage calculation tool such as MapQuest, Rand McNally, etc. If using an odometer reading, the claimant should record the odometer reading before travel begins and record the odometer reading after each travel stop. The ending odometer reading should be subtracted from the beginning odometer reading to determine the number of miles claimed. If using an online mileage calculation tool, the claimant should use the beginning and ending location of the travel. The numbers of miles traveled should be used to determine the number of miles claimed. This should be printed and attached to the claim. Page 14 Travel 12 - Mileage Claimed • • • • • • (Continued) If the claimant’s usual work site is a campus location and the travel occurs on a weekday, travel status must begin and end at the campus location or the location where the claimant resides, whichever is less. Please note on the claim. If travelling to the airport during a weekday, mileage can only be claimed up to the mileage from the campus office to/from the airport. For Oklahoma City employees, the maximum is 15 miles each way. For Tulsa employees, the maximum is 10 miles each way. These are the standard amount to be used on a travel claim. However, if the claimant drove to/from home rather than campus and the miles driven to the airport are less than the standard, actual miles driven should be used. If the claimant was driven to the airport and picked up, the claimant can claim double miles each way. This increase would be supposed by the lack of an airport parking receipt. The miles claimed would still be limited to the lesser of the home or work location on weekdays. If the claimant chose for personal convenience to drive to the out-of-state business event location rather than fly, an airfare quote from a Contracted Travel Agency and the Airfare vs. Mileage Comparison form must accompany the travel claim. These documents will be used to validate and reimburse mileage up to the cost of an airline flight if the mileage amount was greater. Any special circumstances that prompted the claimant to drive rather than fly must be explained if the cost of the flight was less and the claimant is seeking full reimbursement for mileage. Examples of when this situation might occur include travel made on an emergency basis, travel by vehicle being most cost effective for two or more employees or that airfare travel was not feasible due to large materials requiring transport. Page 15 Travel 13 - Travel Status Hour • • • • List in this section both the time that the claimant entered into travel status and the time that the claimant ended their travel status. If the claim lists several points of travel, only the time the claimant entered/ended travel status should be noted as long as travel status was continuous. If personal time was taken in-between points of travel, the claim should reflect business status only with comments regarding the times and dates of personal portion. These hours are required for overnight travel, even if lodging and/or per diem are not being claimed. 14 - Number of Days/Hours • • • • • • List in this section the number of days and hours in travel status. The information is derived from the dates and times listed in the Travel Status Hour (13) section. If personal travel time was taken, enter only the number of days and hours in which official business was conducted. Claimant is limited to 24/48 hours before/after business. Per Diem is calculated in 24 hour increments and is not based on calendar days. Omission of per diem or reduction in the daily rate should be explained on the claim. Page 16 Travel 15 - Per Diem • • • • • • • • (M & IE) Per diem covers the reimbursement of meals and incidental expenses. To be eligible for per diem, the claimant must meet the tests for distance and duration. o Distance: The travel distance performed must be such that the traveler cannot reasonably leave from and return to his/her home or office location at the start or close of each day's work schedule. The reasonableness guideline used for the distance test is 60 miles (one-way) or more. o Duration: The business trip is overnight or of sufficient duration to qualify as "overnight" absence from the person's home and/or official duty station area. Per diem rates are determined by the US General Services Administration (GSA). The GSA page should be printed and attached to the claim. For reimbursement purposes, the day is broken into quarters. For quarter days, you will need to divide the per diem rate by four and then multiple it by the number of quarter days the individual was in travel status. If meals were provided to the claimant as part of the registration fee, please indicate the Number of Qualified Meals (20). Each meal provided will result in the per diem reimbursement being reduced by one quarter day. Note that continental breakfasts and receptions are not considered meals and should not be deducted from the per diem calculation. Exceptions to meal deductions may apply if there were special circumstances which prevented the claimant from participating in the function at which the meal was provided such as special dress requirements, diet restrictions, transportation availability, etc. Documentation from the claimant must be provided to explain the special circumstances as reimbursement would not be permissible in instances where the claimant merely chose not to attend the function. A higher rate of per diem in lieu of lodging can be claimed when family or friends have provided lodging in a private home. A note to this effect must be included with the travel claim. The per diem rate can be increased by $10 daily. This should be added to the total per diem rate and not included as lodging or other adjustment to the claim. Page 17 Travel 16 - Lodging • • • Lodging includes only the amount the claimant was charged for lodging and lodging tax. If the claimant shared lodging with another employee, that should be noted in the Comments (17) section. Lodging can be reimbursed based on the following chart with documentation. If And Then limited to No designated lodging - GSA or OCONUS single occupancy room rate Designated lodging available Lodged elsewhere Lowest designated single occupancy room rate, to include transportation costs Designated lodging available Lodged in designated hotel, but at a higher rate Designated single occupancy room rate Lodged elsewhere Highest designated single occupancy room rate Designated lodging not available Lodged in designated hotel, but at a higher rate Designated single occupancy room rate Host lodging available Lodged elsewhere Single occupancy room rate at host hotel Designated lodging not available Host lodging not available Host lodging not available Lodged in host hotel, but at a higher Next available room rate at host hotel rate Lodged elsewhere Next available room rate at host hotel ***CLAIMANT CAN NEVER BE REIMBURSED HIGHER THAN THE HIGHEST DESIGNATED RATE. Host = When the lodging facility is specified by the sponsor's announcement or notice. 100% of activities are held at one location. Designated = When lodging is arranged at a facility other than where the travel objective is being held. Usually the sponsor provides for the blocking of rooms or rate reductions at these facilities. GSA = Government Services Administration rates for domestic lodging locations. OCONUS = Continental United States rates for lodging locations outside of the continental United States. Page 18 Travel 17 - Comments • • • This section should be used to explain any circumstances not clearly defined on the form. Any notation of personal time, supplemental travel claims, accompanying University employees, etc. should be noted in this section for cross referencing purposes. Omission or partial payment of any of the three major categories must be explained. These are Per Diem, Airfare and/or Lodging. 18 - Mode of Public Transportation • • • • • Public transportation refers to the primary type of transportation used to reach the claimant’s destination. The most common mode of transportation for out-of-state travel is airline. When the claimant has traveled via airline, please indicate how the airfare expense was paid. o ATA: Airfare paid directly by OUHSC. o Other Source: Airfare paid by another source. o Paid by Claimant: Airfare paid by the claimant where the claimant is seeking reimbursement. o Total Public Transp Claimed: Amount the claimant is seeking for reimbursement. Note that if the claimant purchased airfare from a non-contracted travel agency, a quote for airfare from a contracted travel agency must be included with the travel claim. This quote will be used as a cost comparison. The contracted travel agency quote should be comparable to the flight type purchased and should be obtained at the time of booking, not after the travel has occurred. Note that the quote from the contracted travel agency should be for business days and the direct travel route only. If personal time or indirect routes were taken for convenience, the quote should not include that information. The claimant will only be reimbursed for the lesser amount. The ATA should only be used to pay for the business portion of the most direct flight available. If an employee is by choice (personal reasons) flying an indirect route, or interrupted direct route, then a quote should be obtained for only the business direct route and that is the maximum charge that should be paid via ATA. The remaining balance due is personal and the responsibility of the employee, not to be paid or reimbursed by the University. Page 19 Travel 19 - Itemized Local Transportation • • • • • • • Local transportation refers to expenses incurred for transportation at the claimant’s destination and defined as charges for shuttles, taxicabs, etc. Provide origin, destination as well as amount and date on all transportation receipts. If use of a rental car is deemed necessary by the claimant and approved by the department, it will be reimbursable. Please note that additional expenses for upgrades and add-ons such as luxury vehicles, satellite radio, car seats, etc. are not expenses that can be reimbursed. Tips for transportation are limited to 15% maximum. Note that only business related transportation expenses are eligible for reimbursement. All transportation expenses require a business justification. Any single expense of $25 or more will require a paid receipt for reimbursement. 20 - Itemized Miscellaneous Costs • • • • • • • • All Receipts should be original if available. Telephone: Charges for business related telephone calls. Internet: Charges for business related internet charges. Parking: Charges for parking at business event location or airport during business travel. Airport maximums are $7 per day OKC and $10 per day Tulsa. Tolls: Charges for tolls during business related travel. If the employee has a personal PikePass, they should use it and be reimbursed on the Form 19. If the employee does not have a personal PikePass, they can choose to use the department PikePass with no reimbursement necessary or pay with cash and be reimbursed on the Form 19. Do not send multiple claims. Tolls and mileage need to be submitted as one claim. Other Misc. Cost: Charges for other miscellaneous costs while in travel status. Number of qualified meals: Number of meals that were provided with the registration fee OR otherwise reimbursed by OUHSC. Registration Fee Paid By: o None: No registration fees paid. o Dept.: Registration fees paid directly by OUHSC. o Other Source: Registration fees paid directly by another source. o Claimant, Amt: Amount the claimant is seeking for reimbursement. Registration documentation that shows registration rates must accompany claim Other event charges should be listed under Other Misc. Costs Page 20 Travel 21 - Claimant • • After the claim has been created by the preparer, it should be presented to the claimant for signature and dating. The claimant’s title is required to ensure that the claim is approved by someone of higher institutional authority than the claimant. 22 - Higher Institutional Authority • • • After the claim has been signed by the claimant, it should be presented to an individual with higher institutional authority than the claimant for signature and dating. Please include the higher authority’s title to ensure that the claim is approved by someone of higher institutional authority than the claimant. If the person of higher institutional authority does not have budgetary approval authority, the claim will also need to be signed and dated by an individual with budgetary authority. 23 - PeopleSoft • • • • • After the claim has been signed by all required parties, a voucher must be entered in PeopleSoft and processed in a Save for Later status. The claim should be sent to AP Travel for processing along with all accompanying expense documentation. Once the travel claim has been validated and approved by AP Travel, it will be Saved and ready for departmental approval and will appear on their worklist. If multiple spreads from the same department are necessary, these can all be entered on separate distribution lines. If there are partial payments from outside of the department, you will need to pay the travel from your department spread then request the amount from the other department via a journal (cost) transfer. Page 21 Travel 24 - Adjustments • • • • If you have to adjust the total amount on paid on a travel claim, this space allows you to do so. The amount you enter in this cell will subtract from the subtotal of the claim. Adjustments must be entered as a negative amount on the claim. All adjustments require an explanation for the adjustment. Example explanations for an adjustment: o Budget limit. o Airfare vs Mileage comparison. o Claimant received money from the sponsor (either reimbursement or award). o Airfare limited to quote. Difference taken off as an adjustment. Page 22 Travel Additional Information Employee Expense Reimbursement Time to File The University operates under the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) accountable plan rules in regards to reimbursing employees for expenses incurred while conducting University business. This includes reimbursement for travel and non-travel expenses. Accountable plan rules dictate that reimbursement claims be filed within a reasonable period of time after the expense is incurred. The University has determined a reasonable period of time to be 120 days. To ensure compliance with IRS guidelines, all expense reimbursements must be received for processing within 120 days after the date of the event (for travel expenses) or date of purchase (for non-travel expenses). Expense reimbursement requests submitted after 120 days may be accepted for processing but the reimbursement will generally be treated as taxable income to the individual receiving payment resulting in the reimbursed amounts being added to the employee’s W-2 at the end of the calendar year. Any travel considered taxable income submitted past 120 days should be submitted with a Employee Expense Reportable as Income form. The payment must be entered into PeopleSoft using GL 701340, submitting the voucher, Taxable Income form, Form 19 and all relative backup to AP Travel for payment. Page 23 Travel Specific Procedures Documentation • Original Receipts should be submitted with the claim. When an original cannot be obtained, a notation must be on the Form 19 with an explanation of why paying from copies. If no receipt is available and amount is $25 or more per incident, the Travel Record of Lost Receipt Form is required. Please note: lodging cannot be claimed without a receipt and cannot be claimed on the Record of Lost Receipts Form. • Receipts smaller than 8 ½ x 11” should be taped to a 8 ½ x 11” piece of paper. Please do not tape over any words on the receipt as many receipts have ink that will disappear. • Paper clip the claim, do not staple. Multiple Sites and/or Overnight Stay • • • • Determine the per diem rate for each location of lodging based on the city of lodging. Determine the days and times the traveler departed each location. Use step 2 above to determine number of days and hours at each location. Determine the number of meals provided within registration or business meals at each of the locations. Subtract ¼ of the applicable daily M&IE rate for each meal paid for by the University through registration and/or business meal receipt and/or hosted meal. Shared Lodging • Two folios/two payments: o Hotel split costs with separate receipts for each payment. • One folio/two payments: o One receipt showing two separate payments. • One folio/one payment: o One person pays all of lodging and is reimbursed. Second person does not claim lodging. • Each person must pay less or equal to the single standard room rate when sharing lodging. Unusual Travel • Questions regarding other travel procedures such as Cruises, Conferences and/or Package Plans should be directed to the AP Travel office for further assistance. Page 24 Travel Specific Procedures Personal Leave in Conjunction with Business Travel When personal leave time is taken in between multiple official business trips on the same schedule, the employee must indicate the exact date and time of departure from and return to official travel status on the travel voucher. The payment of ordinary travel expense reimbursement shall be suspended for periods when the employee is in personal leave status. • Determine actual business days of travel. • Obtain airfare quotes for those applicable business dates of travel only. • If purchased on an ATA, the airfare for business should be equal to or less than what is being booked for personal. The difference should be paid by the traveler. • M & IE per diem should be for the days/times of the business only, per airfare quote, to account for what the traveler would have done for business only. Foreign Travel • Determine Contiguous vs. Non-Contiguous Travel. o If the destination is contiguous to or touching the US, the traveler has 24 hours before/after the beginning/ending of meeting for travel to receive applicable M & IE per diem. All other foreign locations are allowed 48 hours. • Conversion of Foreign Currency. o When traveling to a foreign country, expenses and receipts must be converted into US Dollars (USD). o If the traveler paid by credit card and submits his/her credit card statement, the conversion is on the credit card statement. o Choose the type of currency used to pay for the expense (i.e. credit card or cash). o Choose the Interbank rate 3% is for credit cards and 5% is for cash or check. o Therefore, if it was a taxi cab paid with cash, the OANDA conversion should be for the kiosk rate, as that is the rate banks would charge for the conversion to cash currency. If paid with credit card you would use the credit card rate. o The date of transaction should be entered when converting. This would be the date the payment was made, credit card was charged, etc. o A printed copy of each conversion is required and should accompany the claim. Page 25 Travel Additional Resources • Per Diem Rates Find rates allowed by the State for per diem to include Meals and Incidentals (M&IE) as well as allowed lodging rates. http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/104877 • Per Diem Calculator Used to calculate length of travel time upon entry of the beginning/ending/days/times of travel departure and return. http://www.timeanddate.com/date/timeduration.html • MapQuest Mileage Calculator Determine actual miles driven when odometer readings are not maintained. http://classic.mapquest.com/ • PikePass Rates Determine tolls rates charged on Oklahoma roads. https://www.pikepass.com/toll/TollCalculator.aspx • Airport Parking (OKC) Information regarding parking at Will Rogers Airport. http://www.flyokc.com/Rates.aspx • Airport Parking (Tulsa) Information regarding parking at Tulsa International Airport. http://www.tulsaairports.com/parking/ Page 26 Travel Additional Resources for Foreign Travel • Per Diem Rates (NACO) Find rates allowed by the State for foreign per diem to include Meals and Incidentals (M&IE) as well as allowed lodging rates. https://aoprals.state.gov/web920/per_diem.asp • Currency Converter Convert foreign currencies to US currency using date and type of payment means. http://www.oanda.com/currency/converter/ • Translation (Babel Fish) Translate foreign languages documents and receipts. https://www.babelfish.com/ • Russian Keyboard Translate receipts printed in Russian by using keyboard to create a strand of characters. Then copy and paste the characters into Babel Fish to translate the text. http://www.apronus.com/internet/ruskey.htm Page 27
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