UTSA - The University of Texas at San Antonio  

TRAVEL MANAGEMENT OFFICE

Travel policies, procedures and facilitation

Other Expenses

Reimbursable expenses

The following expenses are reimbursable if they are incurred for an official state business reason. This is only a partial list.

  • Admittance fees
  • Airport boarding passes
  • Airport parking at the daily rate or mandatory valet parking
  • Books purchased for a seminar
  • Charges to exchange foreign currency
  • Copying charges
  • Departure taxes
  • Facsimile charges
  • Freight charges for state equipment
  • Gasoline charges
  • Hotel occupancy taxes
  • Inoculations
  • Mandatory lodging charges
  • Mandatory service charges
  • Notary fees
  • Passport or visa charges
  • Postage
  • Repair charges for state owned vehicles
  • Sales and use taxes if an exemption is not provided by law
  • Telephone calls (business)
  • The cost of money orders
  • Toll charges
  • Traveler's check charges if the purchase is required

Voucher Requirements:

    1. Receipts are required, and expenses must be itemized.
    2. For telephone calls, the voucher must state that all the calls are business related.
    3. For valet parking, the voucher must state there was no other parking available.

Non-reimbursable expenses

The following expenses are not reimbursable. This is only a partial list.

  • Airport parking at an hourly rate
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Any expense not related to official state business
  • Dry cleaning or laundry
  • Excess baggage charges for personal belongings
  • Expenses related to the operation of a personally owned vehicle
  • Kennel expenses for a pet
  • Locker rental for baggage storage
  • Rental of videotapes for personal entertainment
  • Sales and use taxes if the law provides an exemption
  • Tips or gratuities (State Accounts Only)