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NWTTA Duty Travel Rates


Duty Travel Rates - An NWTTA member who is authorized to travel on Government business will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred.

DUTY TRAVEL IN CANADA

ACCOMMODATION (taxes included)

Expense Description
Claim Allowance
Effective
October 1, 2007
Claim Allowance
Effective
April 1, 2008
Non-Commercial Accommodation
Where employees make private arrangements for overnight accommodation.

$50.00 per night

$50.00 per night

DAILY RATES (meals & incidentals)
Within NWT destination(s) for any day that includes an overnight stay
$100.00
destination(s) in a day that does not include an overnight stay
$75.00
Outside NWT destination(s) for any day that includes an overnight stay.
$75.00
destination(s) in a day that does not include an overnight stay
$55.00

KILOMETRIC RATES (taxes included)
Note: Claims for ground transportation costing less than $10.00 per trip do not require a receipt.

  • The Government of the Northwest Territories adjusts these rates as the Federal rates are changed. Federal kilometric rates are reviewed four times a year:
    January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1.
Expense Description
Claim Allowance
as of July 1, 2009
Claim Allowance
as of October 1, 2009
Private Car
Kilometric Rates 		Where the use of a privately owned car is authorized for the Employer’s rather than the individual’s convenience.
$0.56 / km
within NWT

$0.505 / km
outside NWT
$0.58 / km
within NWT

$0.505 / km
outside NWT
Where the use of a privately owned car is authorized for the individual’s rather than the Employer’s convenience.
$0.280 / km
$0.280 / km

 

Duty Travel in the United States:
Rates in the United States are the same as in Canada, but paid in US funds.  The Northwest Territories private car kilometre rates, in US funds, apply to travel in Alaska.

More Information:
For more information, or for past Duty Travel Rate claim allowances, see Treasury Board of Canada
Appendix ‘B' (kilometric rates) or Appendix ‘C’ (Meals and Incidental Rates).