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Travel Rates

Separate tables can be found below for motor mileage/KM rates. The subsistence amounts apply to both DEL and Dependant employees.

	DEL Travel Claim
	DEL Travel Claim Guide (Engl.)
	DEL Ausfüllhilfe - Reisekostenantrag (Ger.)
	DEP Travel Claim

You can download the forms shown above as required, and complete them on screen. They must however then be signed off by both the employee and Line Manager prior to forwarding for payment via GLSU.

Note: With effect from 1 January 2010 the German Government changed the rules for hotel room charge taxation. Click Here for more details in Pay Bureau Instruction 07/10 and the relevant Background Information.

Dependant Motor Mileage Rates	Motor Vehicles - Duty Free Fuel	Motor Vehicles - Duty Paid Fuel (Note: This will only be paid if specific authority given!)
Private Travel Rate	€ 0.22 per mile	€ 0.26 per mile
Standard Rate	€ 0.53 per mile	€ 0.62 per mile
Passengers	For the first passenger	€ 0.04 per mile
	For the second and subsequent passengers	€ 0.03 per mile
The higher standard rate for Dependants can only be paid if a certificate from the unit is attached which states that official transport could not be provided. The higher standard rate is not paid for courses! The standard rate can only be paid for the first 10,000 miles in a tax year - mileage over this limit must be paid at the private travel rate.

DEL Kilometer Rates
KM Allowance	Car	€ 0.30 per km
	Motorbike	€ 0.13 per km
	For the each passenger	€ 0.02 per km

DEL & DEP Subsistence Rates
Day allowance - Several days duty travel
For full days	€ 24 per day for travel
For the day of commencement and the day of termination of the duty travel	€ 12 when minimum absence is 8 hours	€ 24 when minimum absence is 12 hours
Day allowance - One Day Duty Travel	€ 8 when minimum absence is 8 hours	€ 14 when minimum absence is 12 hours
When free food is provided by the forces, the day allowance has to be reduced as follows	For breakfast by 15% For lunch by 30% For dinner by 30%	of the € 24 allowance or of the € 14 for one day travel
Night Allowance	€ 17 per night	Hotel bills - actuals are paid
Important considerations
Travel claims more than three months old are no longer valid. The OC GLSU may make an exception here in cases where the employee was unable to submit the claim on time due to a prolonged sickness etc.
Do make sure that the EKZ/WPN, P. Number and PostID are entered on the travel claim form.
Only original bills will be accepted.

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