What is the mileage reimbursement rate for university business travel?
The University policy for business travel by automobile is to reimburse employees at the rate of 37.5 cents per mile which is the same rate used by the Internal Revenue Service for income taxation purposes. Does UC allow cash advances? • If an employee is going to travel for more than 30 days and it’s probably out of the country then A/P will make special arrangements for a cash advance if requested. • Students may get cash advances ONLY IF they are traveling as part of a group “field trip.” Anything else such as one or two students traveling to a conference would have to get special permission due to special circumstances in order to be granted a cash advance. (The special exceptions are usually only made for athletes – about 99.9% of the time.) Can a traveler stay an extra night to get a lower priced airline ticket? If the Department chairperson or unit head approves, the University will pay an extra night’s stay so that the traveler can stay over a Saturday night and then get a much
