ITEMIZED RECEIPTS HOW TO

DSSR 242.3 explains how to calculate the Partial Flat Rate Method and the Total Actual Subsistence Method. Please check your agency's implementing regulations for guidance on which method(s) of reimbursement your agency offers. However, agencies may alternatively offer the Partial Flat Rate MethodВ o f reimbursement. The Total Actual Subsistence Method is the primary method of reimbursement. There are two methods by which employees may be reimbursed. An agency may consider reasonable proximity as aВ fifty mile radiusВ from the U.S. Note: Agency implementing regulations may restrict the 10 days to within reasonable proximityВ of the U.S. as long as the employee or family members have not begun travel on orders and the final departure is from the U.S. According to the government-wide DSSR the 10 days may be taken anywhere in the U.S.

This allowance may be granted for up to 10 days before final departure from a post in the U.S., beginning not more than 30 days after the employee has vacated permanent residence quarters. (3) The Predeparture Subsistence Expense Portion is granted to assist employees with the costs of temporary lodging, meals, laundry, and dry cleaning that are incurred when an employee transfers to a foreign postВ from a post in the U.S. For those employees who qualify, the flat amounts (no itemization no receipts required) for a two-zone transfer are: $700 for an employee without family $1,150 for an employee with one family member and $1,500 for an employee with two or more family members. DoD does not authorize this part of the FTA for its personnel. do not receive the wardrobe expense portion. is in zone 2, personnel transferring from the continental U.S. Non-foreign area climate zones are listed in DSSR 2 42.2.b. Climate zone information for foreign areas can be found in the column headed 'Transfer Zone' in DSSR Section 920. (2) The Wardrobe Expense Portion is granted when an employee transfers across two climate zones to his/her new foreign post of assignment. A higher rate is available if the employee provides itemized receipt (see DSSR 242.1b ). For an employee with family it is the lesser of two weeks' salary or $1,500.

The flat amount for an employee without family is the lesser of either one-week's salary or $750.

ITEMIZED RECEIPTS REGISTRATION

(1) The Miscellaneous Expense Portion is to help cover 'miscellaneous' expenses incident to a foreign assignment such as pet transportation vehicle registration driver's license utility fees or deposits not offset by an eventual refund and conversion of appliances. Foreign Transfer Allowance (FTA): The purpose of the FTA is to help defray an employee's extraordinary but necessary and reasonable costs when he/she transfers to a post in a foreign area.

Itemized receipts