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The university pays directly or reimburses individuals for expenses that are necessary and appropriate to conduct university business. Expenditures must be consistent with the university’s purchasing policies and guidelines as well as the guiding principles and IRS regulations with regard to...

Added new hotel (citizenM in Menlo Park) and split hotels into two charts by the city of Palo Alto and other surrounding cities.

Stanford Travel Desk Guide updated for 2024.

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Updated non-permissible expenses to clarify the use of credits/certificates.

Added laundry service as a non-permissible expense unless a business trip is 7 days or longer

Clarified that in most cases travel expenses may only be reimbursed after travel is complete

Updated with seven new object codes and three changes to existing object codes.

Starting April 8, 2022, Stanford will align its international lodging reimbursement maximums for actual expenses to the federal per diem rates, meaning that the same maximum applies for international lodging whether the traveler uses the per diem or actual expenses reimbursement method. In some...

In response to limited campus access during the COVID-19 pandemic, in early 2021 the Card Services team began redirecting all new, renewed, or reissued Purchasing Cards (PCards) and Travel Cards (TCards) to a secure central delivery site. Cardholders submitted a support request or updated the Credit...