July 2011, Issue 14
Announcement: Increased Mileage Reimbursement Rates Effective July 1, 2011
According to the Internal Revenue Service Announcement 2011-40
· 55.5 cents per mile for business miles driven
· 23.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes
This modification results from recent increases in the price of fuel. The rates are slightly higher than those for January 1 to June 30, 2011 and reflect transportation costs (gasoline being a significant factor in the mileage rate, as well as other fixed and variable costs, such as depreciation). The new rate for business miles compares to a rate of 51 cents per mile for travel dates January 1 through June 30, 2011. The rate for medical and moving purposes compares to 19 cents for travel dates January 1 through June 30, 2011.
Note: The rate of reimbursement is affected by the travel date, not the reimbursement date.
Bob Miller
Associate Director of Student Affairs Budget
Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Bob.Miller@utsa.edu
A fun factoid:
The American Council on Exercise’s top five worst fitness ideas of all time.
1. Dehydration A common, pre-20th century belief was that you should withhold water or you'd get too heavy or sick.
2. Recreational drug use during competition In 1869 cyclists were known to use ''speed balls'' of heroin and cocaine to increase endurance. The use of caffeine, alcohol, nitroglycerin, ether, strychnine and opium also was common among athletes in the late 19th century.
3. All-potato diet Early 20th century scientist Horace Fletcher pushed this, along with excessive mastication of food - ''chewing your way to health.''
4. Physics for the bowels Applied by early 18th-century British trainers
5. Vibrating belts that proponents claimed would shake weight off
Heather Stark
Assistant Director of Fitness & Wellness
Campus Recreation
heather.stark@utsa.edu