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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Office of the President announced incremental changes to meal rates associated with Business Meetings and Entertainment
covered under UC Business & Finance Bulletin BUS-79 (see attached). The revised
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">business meetings and entertainment meal maximum per person amounts are applicable for expenses incurred on or after the effective dates noted below:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Meal Type Maximum per Person<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1/1/2016-10/31/2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">11/1/2021<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Effective<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">1/1/2023<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<td width="135" style="width:101.45pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt">
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$29<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lunch<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$47<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$49<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$51<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dinner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$81<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$85<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$89<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Light Refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$19<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$21<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">As a reminder, these amounts include the cost of food and beverages, labor, sales tax, service, and delivery charges.
The cost of room rental, room set-up fees, media rental, and decorations, etc., are not included in the per-person cost unless these costs cannot be separated by the vendor. The Accounting Office is coordinating with ITS on the necessary updates to ePay.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please note, the daily Travel Meals & Incidental (M&I) limits have not changed and continue to be different than the Business Meeting & Entertainment limits; please refer to
BFB G-28 for additional information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Questions about these changes should be directed to
<a href="mailto:ePayfeedback@ucr.edu">ePayfeedback@ucr.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Bobbi McCracken<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Associate Vice Chancellor and Controller<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Business & Financial Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://bfs.ucr.edu/"><b><span lang="EN" style="color:#0563C1">http://bfs.ucr.edu/</span></b></a></span><b><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#383838"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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