Away from Home Allowance Method. Where an employee utilises hotel/motel type accommodation, under the prescribed allowance method, the employee shall be paid away from home allowances in accordance with the following table: Qld Locations Accomm. Rate per day $ Food & Drink Incidentals $ Total $ Brisbane metro area B'fast 23.10 Lunch 25.90 Dinner 44.50 201.00 93.50 16.85 311.35 Nominated Country Centres Townsville Mount Isa B'fast 23.10 Lunch 25.90 Dinner 44.50 124.00 158.50 93.50 93.50 16.85 16.85 234.35 268.85 Other Country Centres B’fast 20.65 Lunch 23.60 Dinner 40.65 92.00 84.90 16.85 193.75 The away from home allowance, or the relevant component(s), shall not be paid where accommodation and/or meals are paid for by AER or included as part of the cost of travel (eg. plane travel), training course or conference. Payment of an allowance for incidental expenses will only be made to an employee in conjunction with an overnight stay. Incidental expenses are extra costs incurred because the employee is away from home for work purposes and do not include personal expenses, which would normally be incurred by the employee in the course of the employee‘s working day. The away from home allowance rates for North Queensland or any other area are in accordance with the ―Reasonable Daily Travel Allowance amounts‖ as declared by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). These amounts, including changes to the specified high cost country centres, shall be adjusted each year from the first pay period following publication by the ATO (usually early July each year).
Away from Home Allowance Method. • An employee who utilises hotel / motel type accommodation shall be paid away from home allowances in accordance with the following table: Location Accomm. Rate per day $ Food & Drink Incid- entals $ Total $ B'fast 21.10 Lunch 23.65 Dinner 40.65 Perth metro 148.00 85.40 15.90 249.30 Kalgoorlie 116.50 85.40 15.90 217.80 Geraldton 116.00 85.40 15.90 217.30 B'fast 18.85 Lunch 21.55 Dinner 37.15 Albany 106.00 77.55 15.90 199.45 Bunbury 106.00 77.55 15.90 199.45 Esperance 106.00 77.55 15.90 199.45 Other regional areas 89.00 77.55 15.90 182.45 • The away from home allowance, or the relevant component(s), shall not be paid where accommodation and / or meals are paid for by WNRE or are included as part of the travel (eg. plane travel) or otherwise provide eg. training courses, conference, meetings etc. • Payment of an allowance for incidental expenses will only be made to an employee in conjunction with an overnight stay and only one incidentals amount will be paid for each night away. Incidental expenses are extra costs incurred because the employee is away from home for work purposes and do not include personal expenses which would normally be incurred by the employee in the course of the employee’s working day. Comments / Notes • The away from home allowance rates are in accordance with the “Reasonable Daily Travel Allowance expenses” as declared by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). These amounts, including any changes to the specified high cost country centres or Tier 2 country centres, shall be adjusted each year following publication by the ATO and be effective from the commencement of the first pay period on or after July 1 each year.
Away from Home Allowance Method. Where an employee utilises hotel/motel type accommodation, under the prescribed allowance method, the employee shall be paid away from home allowances in accordance with the following table: NSW Locations Accomm. Rate per day $ Food & Drink Incidentals $ Total$ B'fast 20.20 Lunch 22.65 Dinner 38.95 Sydney metro area 183.00 81.80 15.45 280.25 B'fast 18.05 Lunch 20.65 Dinner 35.60 NSW Country centres 81.00 74.30 15.45 170.75 • The away from home allowance, or the relevant component(s), shall not be paid where accommodation and/or meals are paid for by AER or included as part of the cost of travel (eg. plane travel), training course or conference. • Payment of an allowance for incidental expenses will only be made to an employee in conjunction with an overnight stay. Incidental expenses are extra costs incurred because the employee is away from home for work purposes and do not include personal expenses, which would normally be incurred by the employee in the course of the employee’s working day. • The away from home allowance rates for New South Wales or any other states are in accordance with the “Reasonable Daily Travel Allowance amounts” as declared by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). These amounts, including changes to the specified high cost country centres, shall be adjusted each year from the first pay period following publication by the ATO (usually early July each year).
