When are Leadership Officials Entitled to Reimbursement for Airfare Costs When Attending Training? If Eligible, What Class of Air Travel is Permitted for Leadership Officials?
When are leaders entitled to airfare support for training?
According to Circular 42/2023/TT-BTC stipulating the financial mechanism for training leaders and managers funded by the State budget issued by the Ministry of Finance.
Leaders are entitled to airfare support for training in the following cases:
- Short-term direct training abroad;
- Mid-term direct training abroad;
- Advanced foreign language training abroad.
When are leaders entitled to airfare support for training? If entitled, what class of airfare can they use?
What class of airfare can leaders use when sent abroad for training?
Based on the provisions of Clause 1, Article 11 of Circular 42/2023/TT-BTC as follows:
Regulations on specific expense levels
1. Airfare
a) First Class: Allocated to leaders specified at Point a, Clause 1, Article 2 of Circular No. 102/2012/TT-BTC dated June 21, 2012, of the Ministry of Finance regulating business trip allowances for state officials on short-term business trips abroad funded by the state budget (hereinafter referred to as Circular No. 102/2012/TT-BTC);
b) Business Class (Business class or C class): Allocated to leaders with a salary coefficient from 9.7 or higher or with a position allowance from 1.3 or higher, and permanent Secretary of the Central Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh. When the state adjusts the coefficient, the salary scale shall be updated accordingly;
c) Economy Class (Economy class or Y class): Allocated to other remaining positions.
Thus, leaders when sent abroad for training are entitled to the following classes of airfare:
- General Secretary of the Communist Party, President, Vice President, Chairman of the National Assembly, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly, Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Vietnam, Member of the Politburo: First Class.
- Leaders with a salary coefficient from 9.7 or higher or with a position allowance from 1.3 or higher, and permanent Secretary of the Central Communist Youth Union of Ho Chi Minh: Business Class (Business class or C class).
- Other remaining positions: Economy Class (Economy class or Y class).
How is the estimation of the state budget for the training activities of officials regulated?
According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 12 of Circular 42/2023/TT-BTC as follows:
Budget estimation, allocation, implementation, and settlement
The estimation, allocation, implementation, and settlement of funds for training activities of officials; funds for the activities of the Steering Committee, the Standing Agency shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law and guiding documents. This Circular provides additional guidance on some contents as follows:
1. Budget estimation
The estimation of the state budget for the training activities of officials, activities of the Steering Committee, the Standing Agency stipulated in this Circular is based on the provisions of law on state budget; the ability to balance the state budget; the plan to implement Conclusion No. 39-KL/TW according to stages and annually approved by the Steering Committee; the policies, conclusions, and plans of the Politburo, the Secretariat; the approval decisions of the competent authority.
a) For training activities of officials according to Conclusion No. 39-KL/TW: According to the guidelines for preparing annual state budget estimations of the Ministry of Finance and the guidelines of the Office of the Central Communist Party; according to the approved training plans by the Steering Committee; the Standing Agency aggregates and prepares estimations according to the spending contents and levels stipulated in this Circular to send to the Office of the Central Communist Party to incorporate into the estimation of regular expenditure (educational - training and vocational expenditure) to send to the Ministry of Finance to present to the competent authority for consideration and approval according to the provisions of the State Budget Law and guiding documents.
b) For training and knowledge updating activities for subjects as Central Committee members of the Communist Party, alternate Central Committee members, strategic-level planned officials, Chairmen of the People's Committees of provinces, cities directly under the Central Government sent for short-term training domestically according to the policies, conclusions, plans of the Politburo, the Secretariat, and decisions of the competent authority: Based on the guidelines for preparing annual state budget estimations of the Ministry of Finance; according to the approved training plans by the competent authority; the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics prepares estimations according to the spending contents and levels stipulated in this Circular, aggregating them into the regular expenditure estimation (educational - training and vocational expenditure) of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics to send to the Ministry of Finance to present to the competent authority for consideration and approval according to the provisions of the State Budget Law and guiding documents.
Therefore, the estimation of the state budget for training activities of officials is carried out as per the aforementioned regulations.
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