travelnews: 2019 GSA per diem rates announced, plus Concur Travel Allowance tips

[BAO news for travel administrators]

Good Morning UO business travelers and delegates:



The General Services Administration (GSA) has announced their new lodging and meal per diem rates for 2019.  These can be viewed by going to:  https://www.gsa.gov/travel/plan-book/per-diem-rates



Remember that GSA rates are based on the location of the traveler's business.  This is a shift from the former IRS rates in duckweb based on the location of the traveler's lodging.



Example:  your business is in Bremerton, WA and you are staying in Seattle.  Enter Bremerton in the Concur form in the Travel Allowance section to enable Bremerton GSA rates for lodging and meals.





Building the Concur Travel Allowance per diem tables to allow for Meal per diem and to see Lodging per diem limits:



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Click Yes and build the GSA table for your report.  The first screen is outbound travel – enter travel info and click Save.  The second screen is for your Return – enter info then click Save.



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Then click Next, Next to get the meal per diem allowance grid.  Check boxes not being claimed because meals were hosted or provided by hotel, conference, meeting or guest:



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How to go back:



If you accidently said “No” to the first Travel Allowances box when setting up your report, you can go back to this section by clicking on Detail, Travel Allowance, New Itinerary.



You can revisit this section by going to Expenses & Adjustments section to adjust meals once the trip is completed.

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Go to Details, Travel Allowance, Reimbursable Allowances Summary to see allowable lodging per diem limits:



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Additional information regarding per diems from UO Travel Policy:



Meal and Incidental Expenses:  https://ba.uoregon.edu/permalink/uutravelompuspuf#sect_uu2278

Lodging:  https://ba.uoregon.edu/permalink/uutravelompuspuf#sect_uu2286



Thank you,

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Laurie Jacoby
Travel Manager
Business Affairs Office
University of Oregon
lajacoby at uoregon.edu<mailto:lajacoby at uoregon.edu>
541-346-3158
**  If your travel involves human subjects research, please do not disclose any information that is protected under UO Policy and other Regulations http://rcs.uoregon.edu/content/regulations-and-uo-policy.​**



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