Travel days commuting and work from home - BASS

Steps

1. Claiming your travel days

   1. Open the BASS startpage.
   2. Go to 'Expenses' and click on ‘Travel days commuting and work from home days’ under My expenses on the startpage or in the navigation bar on the left.
   3. Click on 'New declaration'.
   4. You will then see a summary of the travel allowance and homework allowance that applies to you. From January 2022, you can choose between two travel allowances in addition to the homework allowance. This can either be the basic allowance and OV allowance, or the bicycle allowance and OV allowance.
   5. Based on the days you worked on campus and at home, enter the summary. You may choose only one allowance per day. 
      Note: If you want to claim public transport expenses, you must attach the invoice and travel summary including expenses for the month in question to the claim. These can be claimed afterwards. The travel days OV and OV costs can be added to the corresponding month in the column "Commute costs".
   6. After the summary is completed, there is room for any comments.
   7. When you click on save, you see the overview of the claim you have entered. You will also see the reimbursement you are entitled to receive.
   8. After submitting the claim, you are returned to the overview screen, where you can see all your travel expense claims. If you claim public transport expenses, the declaration will be approved by the payroll administration. In other cases, it is approved automatically. 

2. Editing a claim

   1. If you need to change a claim, you can do so only after the claim has been approved. Please wait until your expense report is approved, which you can see in the travel expense report overview screen.
   2. Then you can change it and resend it.