Travel Fees??

[Andy]

Here in the Metro Phoenix area, we get a flat fee of $5.00 for each official for any school we work in the metro area. This could be for the school next door to your house or the school on the other side of town, up to 50 miles away. The assigners generally try to keep officials in their "areas", but sometimes we have to mnake that crosstown journey. It probably evens out over the course of the season.

One interesting thing is that Freshman and JV officials get their mileage paid with their game fees, but Varsity officials receive a seperate check for mileage at the end of the season.

[Nevadaref]

Originally posted by Rick Vietti
Nevada gets mileage. Driver depends on seniority and rider gets mileage pay also. Mileage paid to outside area venues. What gets crazy is that the officials that travel from out of town homes get travel pay into Reno to do games. So occasionally we will send officials from Reno to an out of town school and an official that lives near the out of town school into Reno to work on the same night.

The out of town officials make out very well on this travel allowance.

34.5 for driving
14 for riding

Just to add to what Rick said, Nevada uses the rate which the federal government sets for car expenses. This way we can deduct our mileage on our tax return and zero out the travel fee part of the check. In 1999 and 2000 this rate was $.315/mile, in 2001 it was $.345/mile, and last year it was $.365/mile. I believe the IRS dropped it to $.36/mile for 2003. The rider fee was $.095 in 1999, and it rises or falls the same number of cents as the driver fee, so it became $.125, then $.145, and now will be $.14. I have no idea how they determined the initial starting number for the riders.
Also, if the crew heading out of or into town is from the same area they are supposed to share a ride, if they do not, only the senior official (only years in the NV association count)gets the driver fee, the others get a rider fee even if they have to drive.