08.02.2023

TRAVEL EXPENSES WILL BE PAID IN A NEW WAY DURING A BUSINESS TRIP

An increase in the minimum amount of daily allowance for business trips from BGN 20 to BGN 40 foresees changes in the Ordinance on business trips in the country, uploaded for public discussion.

In this way, an adequate amount of per diem is guaranteed to the seconded person to cover the costs of food during business trip in the country, it is written in the reasons for the project.

It is also possible to pay daily allowances up to 200 percent of the statutory minimum at the discretion of the seconding officer or when this is stipulated in a collective labor agreement or in an agreement with a trade union organization of civil servants. Per diems will not be paid only when a full-day free meal is used at the place of the business trip, and accommodation allowances - when free accommodation is used, the regulation also states. The last change in the amount of the daily business allowance was on January 1, 2008, when it was set at BGN 20. This amount does not correspond to the growth of inflation in recent years.

With the changes, even when using a personal car, business travelers will be paid travel expenses equal to the value of the fuel consumed according to cost norms determined by the manufacturer of the motor vehicle, for a combined traffic mode - urban and extra-urban. Currently, the regulation stipulates that the road money is based on the cost of the motor vehicle for the most economical mode of movement, i.e. only for extra-urban traffic, which leads to the impossibility of covering the real costs.

It is regulated that when an employee is posted for more than 1 month, the employer is obliged, at his request, to allow him once a month, during one of the days off and holidays, to return to the place of his permanent work, paying the travel expenses.

Another change provides that the persons who travel as suppliers, suppliers, couriers, distributors and others, where the nature of the work is related to travel between different settlements, are not considered posted. The provision in force at the moment specifies that those persons who travel as placers of materials, goods, production and in other cases under civil contracts are not considered posted.

The posting order will now be able to be created as an electronic document. The obligation in it to determine the need to prepare a report is repealed, while the obligation to determine the type of report for the work performed remains.