The amount of transportation expenses allowable shall be the actual rates of the authorized means of

transportation (land, sea, and air) from the permanent official station to the destination or place of work
or assignment in the field and back, plus other incidental expenses:

1.

From the office or residence to the point of embarkation;

2.

From the point of embarkation to the point of debarkation in the place of destination;

3.

From the point of debarkation to the office of destination or temporary residence in the place of
assignment in the field and return.

3.1.1.3

The transportation expenses shall be in addition to the travel expenses which as defined under Section 6
of EO 248, as amended, is divided into two components: i.e., travel allowance of two hundred pesos
which will cover the cost of meal inland transportation and other incidental expenses; and hotel
room/lodging rate of one hundred pesos.

3.1.1.4

The allowable transportation expenses shall not include local or inland transportation and other
expenses after arrival in the office or temporary residence in the place of assignment in the field which
are contemplated to be covered by the travel allowance specified in Section 6(a) of EO 248.

3.1.1.5

Only ordinary public conveyance or customary modes of transportation shall be used. Exceptions may
be made in meritorious cases and justified by prevailing circumstances. For this purpose, the
Department/Agency Head concerned or his equivalent shall determine and indicate in the travel
authority, the mode or class of transportation and the kind of hotel/lodging/pension houses to be taken,
which in all cases shall be the most advantageous to the government from the standpoint of economy
and efficiency.

3.1.1.6

As a general rule, claims for payment of travel expenses for official local travel in the amount of P300
per day as provided for under Section 6 of EO 248, shall not require the presentation of bills and receipts
except in the following cases:

1.

When the claim for reimbursement of actual travel expenses is in excess of P300 per day, in which
case, submission of the following shall be required:

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 Bills and invoices with official receipts covering the whole amount claimed;

Certification of the head of the agency as to the absolute necessity of the expenses in the
performance of the assignment.

2.

When the official travel/assignment is to places within the fifty (50) kilometers radius from the last
city or municipality covered by the Metropolitan Manila Area (MMA) for those whose permanent official
station is in the MMA, or the city or municipality wherein their permanent official station as located in
the case of those outside the MMA and the amount of travel expenses being claimed includes the hotel
room/lodging rate, the following shall be required:

Submission of the hotel room/lodging bills or invoices with official receipts to prove that they
stayed in the place of destination or assignment and are not commuting daily from the place of
assignment to the place of their residence or permanent official station.

If they commute daily from the place of their assignment to the place of their residence or permanent
official station, they shall be allowed to collect only the amount of P300 per day which shall include the
reimbursement of actual fare the prevailing rates of the authorized mode of transportation from the
permanent official station to the destination or place of work and back, and the reasonable cost of
actual mode allowance. The presentation of bills and receipts covering the cost of meals shall no longer
be required, except for the transportation tickets which shall form part of the evidence of the actual
travel undertaken.

3.1.1.7

In cases where government vehicles are used in the travel, the officials and employees concerned are
not entitled to the transportation expenses.

3.1.1.8

To ensure that government funds and property are used only for officials purposes, no reimbursement
of the cost of gasoline and oil shall be allowed a private vehicle is used. However, the officials and
employees concerned shall be entitled to the reimbursement of the equivalent cost of the customary
mode of transportation. Under no circumstances should fuel be issued to privately owned motor
vehicles.

3.1.1.9

To preclude double payment of expenditures, the travel allowance prescribed shall not be allowed in
cases where the fare paid for transportation includes meals and quarters enroute, or where meals and
lodging are paid for or furnished by the government. Where the cost of meals and lodging paid for by
the government does not exceed P300 per day or where either meals or lodging only is furnished by the
government, the difference shall be paid to the official or employees concerned to take care of local or
inland transportation and other incidental expenses while in the place of assignment. If the costs of
meals and lodging furnished by the government is equal to or exceeds P300 per day, no travel expenses
shall be paid by the government.

SEC. 5. The seventh (7th) paragraph of Section 6 of the said EO is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Claims for payment of travel expenses travel/assignment to places within the fifty (50) kilometer radius
from the last city or municipality covered by the Metropolitan Manila Area in the case of those whose
permanent official station is in the Metropolitan Manila Area, or the City or municipality wherein their
permanent official station is located in the case of those outside the Metropolitan Manila Area, shall be
allowed only upon presentation of proof, duly supported by bills or invoices with official receipts of
expenses incurred, that they stayed in the place of their assignment for the whole duration of their
official travel. If they commute daily from the place of their assignment to the place of their residence or
permanent official station, they shall be allowed only the reimbursement of actual fare at the prevailing
rates of the authorized mode of transportation from the permanent official station to the destination or
place of work and back, and a reasonable cost for meals. The total actual fare and cost of meals and
incidental expenses shall in no case exceed Four Hundred Pesos (P400.00) per day.” (EO 298)

ECTION 72. Per Diems of Government Officials and Employees.—When a government official or
employee is authorized to travel on official business outside of his permanent station, he shall be
entitled to per diems to cover his board and lodging in accordance with his schedule: Provided, That in
addition to per diems, the official or employee may be entitled to transportation expenses in going to
and coming from his destination and to a daily allowance while in the field: Provided, further, That
officials and employees on travel status whose expenses for board and lodging are paid directly or
indirectly by government may not be entitled to receive the per diems and allowances corresponding to
such payments.

Department secretaries, heads of Constitutional bodies, undersecretaries and all other positions of
equivalent rank are authorized the reimbursement of actual expenses supported by receipts, within
such limits as may be imposed under the provisions of this section.

Officials and employees authorized to travel abroad may be granted clothing allowance: Provided, That
no official or employee shall be granted such clothing allowance oftener than once every twenty-four
(24) months.

The rates of per diems and other allowances as authorized in this section shall be determined by the
President. The rates may be changed from time to time upon recommendation of a Travel Rates
Committee which is hereby created, consisting of the Secretary of Budget as Chairman and the Secretary
of Foreign Affairs, the Secretary of Tourism and the Chairman, Commission on Audit, or their
representatives, as members.

The Committee shall review travel rates and shall recommend to the President for consideration and
approval modification in rates and policy when found to be warranted by actual domestic or foreign
travel costs, as the case may be.

Government-owned or controlled corporations shall observe the rates established under this section:
Provided, That profit-making corporations may adopt their own scales as may be provided by law. The
Travel Rates Committee shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to enforce the provisions of this
section. (EO 292)