Ministry Of Finance Answers New Regulations On Travel Expenses

　　 center In accordance with the provisions on travel expenses management, the units transferred to the State shall be reimbursed once and for all by the units in charge of transportation, accommodation, meals and transportation expenses. This is the new regulation of the Ministry of finance today on the newly revised administrative measures for travel expenses of central and state organs. The newly revised travel management method does not require traveler to stay in designated hotels. Since 2015, the Ministry of finance has no longer organized bidding to purchase designated hotels for business trips. The method of contracting out the city's transportation expenses shall be applied to 80 yuan per person per day. The cost of transportation to and from the station and airport shall be settled within the city traffic charges stipulated in the regulations, and no more reimbursement will be made.

In accordance with the regulations, except for a working dinner arranged by the reception units in accordance with the regulations governing the reception of official business in the party and government organs, business travelers should settle their own meals. If a reception unit assists in arranging meals, the travelling personnel shall pay the catering expenses to the reception units within the standards stipulated in the travel expenses management regulations. The reception unit shall issue the receiving voucher (no reimbursement basis) to the business traveler, and the charge for the collection will be paid for the entertainment expenses of the reception unit.

According to the " Way "Stipulates that the city traffic should be resolved by the traveling personnel themselves. Where the reception unit provides transportation, the travelling personnel shall pay the city's transportation fee to the reception unit within the standard set by the travel expense management regulations. The reception unit shall issue the receiving voucher (not for reimbursement basis) to the business traveler, and charge the vehicle transportation expenses of the city to the reception unit.

According to the "measures", the central government staff in Beijing will attend reimbursement for the meeting and training in the outskirts or districts and counties, not reimbursement of lodging fees, food subsidies and transportation costs in the city. The expenses of accommodation, meals and transportation will be reimbursed according to the provisions of the travel expenses management measures. A unified arrangement for food and transportation will no longer reimburse the allowance for meals and transportation in the city.

Is there a subsidy to soft seat in accordance with the soft berth condition? According to the "Regulations", the level of transportation stipulated by the travel expenses management method is the upper limit for the travelling personnel to travel by means of transportation. The travelling personnel should take the corresponding transport according to the level of the travel expenses management regulations, and take the soft seat instead of the subsidy according to the condition of riding the train soft berth.

In accordance with the provisions of the measures, the relevant systems for meeting and training fees shall be implemented in meetings and training sessions outside the permanent residence. Intercity travel expenses, meals allowance and transportation expenses in the round-trip meetings and training places are reimbursed according to the provisions of travel expenses management. Among them, the allowance for meals and the transportation within the city are calculated on the basis of 1 days' journey back and forth, and the 1 day counting is made on the same day.

According to the " Way "Stipulates that the newly revised travel expense management method shall implement the lump sum method for the city's transportation expenses, and it will be used for 80 yuan per person per day. The cost of transportation to and from the station and airport shall be settled within the city traffic charges stipulated in the regulations, and no more reimbursement will be made.

According to the "Regulations", the newly revised regulations on travel expenses of central and state organs do not require traveler to stay in designated hotels. Since 2015, the Ministry of finance has no longer organized bidding to purchase designated hotels for business trips.

According to the "Regulations", the newly revised travel expense management measures shall be formulated in accordance with the level of each district according to the level of the standard of accommodation expenses per person per day. Within the prescribed standard, the travel personnel can choose their own type of rooms that are suitable for their grades, and no longer be mandatory for 2 people to live in 1 rooms.