From kathryn.ross at state.or.us Thu Jun 30 11:40:05 2011 From: kathryn.ross at state.or.us (ROSS Kathryn * SCD SARS) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:40:05 -0700 Subject: [Travel_Policy-News] Waiting for GSA announcement regarding private vehicle mileage rate Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF8180B187F54@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Hello Travel Coordinators, Although the IRS announced an increase in the standard mileage rate on June 23, please be apprised that the state's private vehicle mileage reimbursement rate will not change until the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announces a change to its rates. The intent of the Statewide Travel Policy (OAM 40.10.00 ) is to mirror the private vehicle mileage rate used by the federal government to reimburse its employees. The State Controller's Division will email travel coordinators as soon as we receive notification from the GSA that it is increasing the federal private vehicle mileage reimbursement rate and the effective date. Thank you, Kathy Kathryn Ross Statewide Accounting & Reporting Manager Oregon State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301 NEW Phone: (503) 373-0265 Fax: (503) 378-3514 http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/SARS Data Classification: Level 1 - Published How are we doing? Please complete our customer service survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback Your opinion matters. Thank You! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathryn.ross at state.or.us Thu Jun 30 14:00:26 2011 From: kathryn.ross at state.or.us (ROSS Kathryn * SCD SARS) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:00:26 -0700 Subject: [Travel_Policy-News] GSA makes announcement concerning POV rates Message-ID: <8A8CF693A3BB294DB354A999D49CF8180B187F56@exchnode01.ad.state.or.us> Hello Travel Coordinators, Timing is everything! The State Controller's Division has received notice of the following GSA announcement: The IRS recently announced an increase to the standard automobile mileage rate from 51 cents to 55.5 cents effective July 1, 2011. GSA is not increasing the Federal POV (privately owned vehicle) mileage rates at this time. The results of our evaluation do not support a change, although we will continue to monitor rates on a monthly basis. IRS considered only gasoline prices in their evaluation. Additionally, the gasoline price was based on data from June 13 only. When we [GSA] evaluated gasoline prices on June 27, the rate was found to have dropped. Unlike IRS, the statutory language of 5 USC 5707 (b) (1) (B) requires the exclusion of taxes from GSA's calculations. As a result, the state's current private vehicle mileage reimbursement rate will remain at 51 cents until further notice. Thank you, Kathy Kathryn Ross Statewide Accounting & Reporting Manager Oregon State Controller's Division 155 Cottage Street NE, U-50 Salem, OR 97301 NEW Phone: (503) 373-0265 Fax: (503) 378-3514 http://oregon.gov/DAS/SCD/SARS Data Classification: Level 1 - Published How are we doing? Please complete our customer service survey. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SCD_Feedback Your opinion matters. Thank You! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: