Finance PCS Pay Tips
Finance
PCS In
-processing Briefing:
Please bring 6copies of PCS orders (front and back), 2 copies of itemized billeting/lodging receiptsat old PDS or new PDS; along with airline ticket/itinerary, if applicable. Newmilitary accessions should bring their unit CSS accession inprocessing checklist.
New arrivals should attend the briefing within 5 workdays of arrival onMaxwell.
Temporary Lodging Expense (TLE):
TLE allowance provides a partialoffset of living expenses incurred by military members and dependents, whenoccupying temporary quarters incident to PCS move. It is not a dollar for dollarreimbursement. Members are entitled to a maximum of ten days of TLE for theperiod prior to departing your last base or after arrival at new permanent dutystation (PDS).
Members going PCS OCONUS are only authorizedpayment of 5 days of TLE.
Entitlement is based on the current locality rate,number of dependents claimed, cost of lodging, and availability of cooking facilities.The maximum entitlement for a family is $180 per day.
Members may claim theten most expensive days of temporary lodging for TLE.
Advance Military Pay:
Advance military pay (DD Form 2560) is intendedto defray the extraordinary costs of a PCS move. Advance military pay may not beapproved to provide funds for items such as: investments, gifts, vacations, debtconsolidation, utility bills, stereos, credit card debts, automobile insurance, andconsumer goods not related to the PCS move. Also excluded are items covered byother entitlements such as: PCS enroute costs for food, lodging, and gas (providedfor by travel pay entitlements) and rent or mortgage (covered by housingallowance).Advance military pay may be approved for items such as: down payment on ahouse, house hunting expenses, maintenance of two households, shipment of excesshousehold goods, and consumer goods, necessary, as a result of the PCS move.
SrA(E4) and above may request one-month of advance military pay on theirsignature.
Commander approval (or squadron section commander on 'G' seriesorders) is required for E3 and below. Officers, NCOs, and senior airmen,requesting more than 1-month's advance, or more than 12 months repayment, mustalso obtain commander approval.
Advance BAH Housing Allowance:
Members, moving into a house orapartment, are authorized up to three months advance housing allowance.
Commanders (or Squadron Section Commanders on 'G' series orders) may approverequests for the following items: first month's rent/mortgage, security deposits, petdeposits, moving van rental, connection fees for utilities; and purchase of arefrigerator, stove, or dishwasher (if not included in the dwelling). Do not approveadvance housing allowance for a washer, dryer, or other furniture purchases.Purchase of any real estate or living accommodation upgrades, shall not beconsidered as a basis for authorization or determining amount of advance housingallowance. Members must provide a copy of the lease/mortgage agreement, receiptsfor each item claimed (or commercial estimates); along with a completed
AF Form1039, Request to Receive Advance Housing Allowance
(available at FinanceCustomer Service). After approval by commander, submit to Finance within 5workdays before or 30 days after the move-in date.
Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH). Just enter the Maxwell AFB zipcode "36112" or the zip code of your next duty station along with yourmilitary rank https://secureapp2.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/bah.html2007 Military Pay Chart -- Please click on page 2 for the 1 April paychart:http://www.dfas.mil/militarypay/2006militarypaytables/2007_Web_Pay_ Table.pdf Rates and Allowances:
The Air Force has a one-stop Internet site with the ratesfor travel per diem; housing allowances (stateside and overseas); and cost of livingallowances for high cost areas (stateside and overseas). You may inquire about yourcurrent or future duty station using the following link:
Raising Credit Limits on GTC for PCS Travel:
Members areencouraged to use their government travel card (GTC) for PCS travel.
This will help ensure cardholders are not severely inconvenienced and alsomaximize the GTC program to its fullest potential. Credit limit increases is a keysource that our members can use in lieu of taking a cash advance for the high cost of PCS moves. This helps in two ways (1) creates a paperless product eliminates themanpower resources needed to compute and disburse funds, and (2) it helps toincrease our dollar spend volume which, in-turn increases cash rebates to the AirForce; and helps to decrease dollar delinquency rates. When costs of travel exceedavailable credit on members' GTC, unit agency program coordinators (APCs) mayraise credit limits on restricted travel cards from $2000 to $4000 -- and up to $7500with 3rd level AETC approval, without a credit check. Members with standardGTC travel card credit limits of $5000 have already received credit checks;therefore, APCs may increase their GTC limits to the dollar amount necessary to
meet mission requirements. For more information contact your squadron GTCrepresentative.
Government Travel Card:
Use of GTC is not mandatory for PCS lodgingexpenses. However, the Contract Travel Office (CTO) is the only authorized travelagent, contracted for government PCS air travel. Finance will not reimbursetravelers for airline tickets purchased from commercial travel agents--regardless of the savings. The CTO contract with DOD is legal and binding--travelers will absorbthe costs of buying from commercial travel agents.
Dislocation Allowance (DLA):
When members move dependents andhousehold goods, in conjunction with a PCS move, DLA is authorized. Members,accompanied by dependents to new permanent duty station (PDS), will receive theDLA at the with-dependent rate. Members, who travel to their new PDS, withouttheir dependents, receive single DLA. The difference in the with-dependent andsingle rate DLA is paid after dependents' arrival.
Advance DLA is a PCSentitlement that does not have to be paid back to the government.
- DLA is authorized to members with dependents, upon move to first PDS- Entitlement When a Member Married to a Member Is Transferred to a New PDS.One DLA (at the rate payable to the senior member) is authorized to be paid to amember-married-to-member couple, assigned to family-type Government quarters,if both:a. are without dependents, and b. move to a new PDS.
DLA is not payable for the last PDS move for thepurpose of retirement.
DLA for Single Members:
Single members who PCS are not entitled toDLA, unless they are authorized to live off base by their gaining permanent dutystation upon arrival. Single members who occupy temporary quarters (TLF,billeting, hotel/motel) prior to be assigned permanent government quarters do notgain entitlement to DLA. SrA and below who are authorized to live off base mustsubmit to finance an AF form 291 sign and approve by Mr. Killingbeck (BaseHousing Office -- Dormitory Manager).
Single officers are not entitled to DLA at their firstpermanent duty station.
Military Family Separation Allowance (FSA) forPCS Moves:
FSA of $250 per month, is authorized when military ordersdirect one member to PCS out of their joint household. Military members musthave maintained a common household before being separated. The member, whoreceives the PCS orders, is authorized FSA, upon arrival at the new duty station.
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