SECTION 22 – VACATION TRAVEL ALLOWANCE |
10.22.01 – INTENT |
The intent of Vacation Travel Allowance is to
assist members and their families to take a
vacation away from the post during each
posting, with more frequent travel provisions for
members at more difficult posts.
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10.22.02 – ELIGIBLE MEMBERS |
(1) (Eligible members) This section applies to a
member posted to a place of duty outside
Canada for a period of twelve months or more.
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(2) (Service Couple) Each member of a service
couple is entitled to a vacation travel allowance,
except that only one member of a service couple
may claim the entitlement under this section for
each dependant or special dependant.
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10.22.03 – ENTITLEMENT |
(1) (Entitlement) Subject to the other provisions
of this section, a member and any dependant
normally residing with the member at the post,
including special dependants and dependent
students attending primary or secondary school
away from the post but not in Canada, are
entitled under the terms and conditions of
FSD 50, to a vacation travel allowance (VTA) to
assist them in taking a vacation in Canada or
some other location.
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(2) (VTA rates) The Director Compensation and
Benefits Administration establishes annually on
01 June, a VTA Rate Table in accordance with
the method set out in FSD 50.
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(3) (Rate applicable to member) A member’s
initial VTA rate is the rate applicable on the
member’s arrival at the post. Subsequent VTA
rates are based on the VTA rate table in effect
on the date of the subsequent VTA request, if
any.
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10.22.04 – VERIFICATION |
(1) (Requirement) A member who receives a
vacation travel allowance (VTA) is required to
prove that the VTA was expended in accordance
with CBI 10.22.03 (Entitlement) by providing
proof to the Approving Authority:
(a) within 30 days of completion of travel if
the VTA is used for one trip; and
(b) on completion of all travel for which VTA
was issued, but no later than the final
departure from the post, if the VTA is used
for more than one trip.
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(2) (Retention of proof of travel) The member
is to retain proof, including approved leave
forms, of the travel.
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(3) (Verification) VTA is verified subject to the
following:
(a) the VTA of the member and each eligible
dependant and special dependant is verified
on an individual basis; and
(b) at least 50% of the VTA must have been
used for transportation expenses, and in the
case where a member uses their PMV the
low kilometric rate applies;
(c) 90% of the VTA has been spent on travel
and travel-related expenses in accordance
with this section.
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(4) (Home Leave Travel Assistance)
Transportation expenses on travel for which an
assistance under section 21 (Home Leave
Travel Assistance) is claimed cannot be used to
meet the 50% verification requirement under this
section.
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(5) (Recovery) If proof of the expenditures
cannot be produced the amount issued for the
VTA will be recovered from the member.
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(6) (Unsubstantiated portion) A member who
cannot prove that the VTA has been used for the
purpose intended is to return the
unsubstantiated portion of the VTA or use the
unsubstantiated portion of the VTA for future
travel before the end of their posting.
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(7) (Household size decreases) If the
member’s household size decreases after a VTA
has been issued but before it has been used, the
member is responsible to return any unused
portion of the VTA for that dependant or special
dependant.
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(8) (Additional VTA) No additional VTA will be
issued until the verification procedure and
adjustments, if any, have been completed.
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