Recommended for: Travel specialists, support staff, authorizing/supervising/policy officials, and frequent travelers. To equip you with the knowledge and tools necessary for effectively applying travel related regulations, rules, policies, and procedures to official temporary duty travel. These courses are offered in two different sections: FTR (civilian agencies) and JTR (DoD). Make sure you sign-up for the one that is most appropriate for you.
Course Topics:
Applicable Authorities
Geographic Terminology
Travel Authorization Requirements
Transportation (Air and Train)
Lodging
Meals and Incidentals
Car Rental
Gov't Vehicle and POV
Ground Travel Options
SmartPay Travel Charge Card
Emergency Travel
Conferences
Miscellaneous Expenses
Fly America Act
Emergency and Personal Travel
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This course is for individuals who work in travel departments or who write travel policy for their agency. This course provides the knowledge and understanding you need to research complex travel issues, make travel recommendations, clarification of topics discussed in the TDY course, a discussion of policy issues, and other duties relative to your agency’s travel program and mission.
Case studies are used to better understand where travel regulations originated and why they were established.
This course presents a consolidation of the travel regulations, rules, and policies presented in the Two Day TDY Travel course. The content from the two day course is consolidated into one day.
The course is ideal for students who cannot attend a two day course or for students that only require an overview of the most common regulations applicable to TDY travel.
Course Topics:
• Understand Approving Officials’ rights and responsibilities,
• Know how to properly authorize and approve travel,
• Improve understanding of the travel regulations to ensure travelers comply with mandatory travel rules, regulations, and programs,
• Understand how to determine the most cost-advantageous transportation mode for a trip,
• Recognize unauthorized travel expenses and take appropriate action,
• Determine valid travel expenses that may be included on the voucher.
This course covers a number of topics important for international travelers. Topics include: (1) making your reservations, (2) considerations for lodging, car rental, misc expenses, cash, payments, cellphones and laptops, (3) safety, (4) class of service, (5) international date line, (6) Fly America Act, and (7) case studies.
Learn how to travel using the FTR as this course takes you through three travel scenarios.
Learn the FTR in-depth as this course takes you through each part of the FTR.
Learn the rights and responsibilities of approving officials, and clarification of the FTR for many of the items that will arise with travel authorizations and expense vouchers.
Learn the rules and regulations regarding the Fly America Act and use of Open Skies Agreements.
Attending a Conference educates students on aligning their agency’s core mission with future conferences or meetings if travel is essential. It teaches the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR) policies that are most important to travelers attending or participating in conferences or workshops. The course introduces the student to ethics guidelines often experienced at conferences with respect to accepting merchandise from vendors.
Recommended for: Employees involved in the relocation process, including HR personnel, budget officers, authorizing/approving officials, preparers/reviewers of travel documents (e.g., PCS Orders, Service Agreements, and travel vouchers), and relocating persons. These courses provide a comprehensive discussion of procedural requirements and relocation allowances payable to employees that relocate at government expense. Note: some courses are offered in two different sections: FTR (civilian agen
Course Topics:
Applicable Authorities
Geographic Terminology
Types of Relocation
Overseas Tour Renewal
Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expense Allowances
Transportation and Temporary Storage of Household Goods
Home Sale Programs
Property Management Services
This course provides a comprehensive discussion of the taxation of relocation allowances and the payment of the RIT Allowance.
Course Topics:
Applicable Authorities
Taxation of Relocation Allowances
Income Taxation vs. Employment Taxation
Withholding Responsibilities
Reporting Requirements
Payment of the RIT Allowances
Year 1 vs. Year 2; Withholding Tax Allowance
RIT Allowance Year 2 Adjustment
Negative RIT Allowance Payments
Procedural Requirements for the RIT Allowances
This course provides a comprehensive discussion of the taxation of relocation allowances for the relocating person.
Audience: Federal associates who are relocating and wish to better understand the tax implications.
Course Topics:
This course provides a comprehensive discussion of procedural requirements and relocation allowances payable to employees of DoD who relocate overseas at government expense.
Audience: Federal associates who are relocating and wish to better understand the allowances provided for their relocation.
Course Topics:
Types of Relocations
Relocation of Family
En Route Travel Expenses
Temporary Quarter Subsistence Expenses
Transportation and Storage of Household Goods
Transportation of a POV
Transfer Allowance
This course provides a comprehensive discussion of the STATE taxation of relocation allowances for the relocating person.
Course Topics:
By the end of the class, students will achieve the following learning objectives:
• Discuss the structural differences between state and federal returns commonly prepared in the US.
• Examine the difference between returns prepared using a base of Federal AGI (Adjusted Gross Income) and those using a Gross Income method
• Determine a state adjusted gross income usi
Courses must be paid with a charge card or by check. We will email you an invoice.
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