In the Defense Travel System, or DTS, users can search for airline, hotel, and rental car reservations, check per diem rates, and prepare personal travel documents or, with the proper permissions, documents for others.
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TMO (or DTS) can only book you to the official duty location(s). The use of government fares to/from a “leave” location is prohibited!
The local area is within the permanent or temporary duty station's limits and the metropolitan area around that station. The local area is within the local commuting area of the duty station, which is determined by the authorizing official or prescribed by local Service or Defense Agency directives.
DoD travelers are required to use DTS for some, but not all, types and circumstances of travel [PDF, 5 pages]. Service Members and DoD civilian employees, as well as their dependents and invitational travelers, may use DTS for local and TDY, or government-funded leave.
The IRS has not published any official guidelines that detail specific eligibility requirements (e.g., specific amount of miles away from tax home); however, it is generally a rule-of-thumb that the required commute must be greater than 50 miles from the employee's tax home and the employee must be in travel status for ...
Credit card payments are popular with clients for short notice flights. It is also possible to take deferred payments for flights by credit card, to guarantee the flight while a bank transfer is being made. The most popular method of payment is by bank transfer, which does not incur a credit card fee.
Official Travel means travel on duty: it does not include travel between home and office. Employees may claim expenses incurred in the course of official travel in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by the Board. Each journey must be clearly delineated.
Many travel nurses will scoot around this by keeping an address with a friend or family member; however, there are HUGE risks with this. Suppose you are audited and cannot PROVE that you have paid 'market value' for a room/apartment/etc. Then, you will be back-taxed with penalties and fees.
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