Minnesota → Michigan · Interstate 94 / Interstate 35W
The long-haul return between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Detroit, Michigan — another 1030 km (640 miles) along Interstate 94 / Interstate 35W — closes a journey that hardly fits inside a single business day. Reserve another 9h 49m on the schedule and consider a second overnight if departure happens at the close of business hours. Anyone driving back from Minneapolis (the largest city in Minnesota and core of the Twin Cities metropolitan area) often pulls into Detroit (the Motor City and historic capital of the American auto industry) over the weekend. Incremental fuel adds $86.11 (93.6 liters / 24.7 gallons). Return reimbursement reaches $442.90 at the $0.43/km tariff. Reconcile outbound and return inside a single Clara PDF, with hotels itemized as separate line items, so finance can reimburse the full bundle in one batch. Priority processing happens when all supporting documents (fuel invoice, toll receipt, hotel folio, meal receipts) sit attached in chronological order and identified by the originating project number. For trips longer than three days, the finance department may also require an executive visit summary attached, describing objectives achieved, agreed next steps, and the commercial indicators generated. For the Canadian professional driving the 1030 km between Minneapolis and Detroit, reimbursement of $442.90 stays excluded from T4 employment income provided the per-kilometre rate matches the CRA's reasonable allowance benchmark for the province. Canadian employers typically reimburse at the CRA reasonable per-kilometre rate (61¢ for the first 5,000 km in 2024) so the payment is excluded from T4 employment income. Keep the GST/HST-compliant fuel receipt from any NRCan-tracked retail network station used during the trip — Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) auditors regularly verify fuel-receipt GST/HST when reviewing T2200 declarations of conditions of employment. The Minneapolis→Detroit mileage must be logged with date, business purpose, opening and closing odometer readings inside the corporate expense system before month-end close to remain deductible.