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INCIDENTAL ACCOMMODATION EXPENSES [7 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Public Service
DEF

... the expenses incurred for overnight accommodation, food, valet services, laundry, gratuities, local telephone calls, local transportation, and other incidental expenses incurred while the employee or appointee is between settled residences.

OBS

Term usually used in the plural

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Fonction publique
DEF

frais de subsistance : [...] dépenses engagées aux fins du logement de nuit, de la nourriture, de l'entretien des vêtements, du blanchissage, des pourboires, des appels téléphoniques locaux et autres dépenses imprévues engagées pendant que l'employé ou la recrue se trouve entre deux résidences fixes.

OBS

Termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Public Service
DEF

At the Public service of Canada, an allowance covering the expenses incurred for overnight accommodation, food, valet services, laundry, gratuities, local telephone calls, local transportation, and other incidental expenses incurred while the employee or appointee is between settled residences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Fonction publique
DEF

Dépenses engagées aux fins du logement de nuit, de la nourriture, de l'entretien des vêtements, du blanchissage, des pourboires, des appels téléphoniques locaux et autres dépenses imprévues engagées pendant que l'employé ou la recrue se trouve entre deux résidences fixes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Job Descriptions
  • Public Service
CONT

Comprehensive allowance includes meals costs, incidental expenses, daily transportation costs and accommodation expenses, as appropriate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Descriptions d'emplois
  • Fonction publique
CONT

L'indemnité globale est versée au titre des repas, des faux frais, du transport quotidien et du logement si cela est jugé approprié.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Public Service
  • Taxation
CONT

Comprehensive allowance includes meal costs, incidental expenses, daily transportation costs and accommodation expenses, as appropriate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Fonction publique
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Beneficios sociales
  • Función pública
  • Sistema tributario
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Record 5 2002-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

... are subject to the GST/HST... reimbursable costs of transportation, meals, accommodation, taxi services and incidental expenses incurred by an employee while on travel status...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

[...] sont assujettis à la TPS/TVH [...] les dépenses remboursables pour le transport, les repas, le logement, les services de taxi et les frais accessoires que l'employé engage lors d'un voyage d'affaires[...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
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Record 6 1990-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Public Service
CONT

For each full calendar day in travel status... when commercial accommodation is authorized and used, an employee shall be paid a composite allowance... as reimbursement for his reasonable costs for meals and incidental expenses.

OBS

composite allowance: term and definition officially approved by Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Fonction publique
OBS

indemnité mixte : terme uniformisé par le Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

DEF

Dans l'administration publique fédérale, indemnité qu'un employé perçoit correspondant aux jours qu'il passe en voyage en logeant dans un établissement commercial.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
OBS

CP ORFC, volume III, appendice XXIII, partie VI, article 52

Spanish

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