Baja California → Chihuahua · Carretera Escénica Tijuana-Ensenada 1D
The long-haul return between Ensenada, Baja California, and Chihuahua, Chihuahua — another 1338 km (831 miles) along Carretera Escénica Tijuana-Ensenada 1D — closes a journey that hardly fits inside a single business day. Reserve another 14h 52m on the schedule and consider a second overnight if departure happens at the close of business hours. Anyone driving back from Ensenada (the puerto turístico del Pacífico Norte y capital del Valle de Guadalupe vinícola) often pulls into Chihuahua (the capital chihuahuense y centro ganadero y maquilador del norte) over the weekend. Incremental fuel adds MXN 2698.30 (111.5 liters / 29.5 gallons). Return reimbursement reaches MXN 8697.00 at the MXN 6.50/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 US professional driving the 1338 km (831 mi) between Ensenada and Chihuahua, reimbursement of MXN 8697.00 stays non-taxable to the employee when the employer follows an accountable plan under Treas. Reg. §1.62-2 and reimburses at or below the IRS standard mileage rate. US employers generally reimburse at the IRS standard mileage rate so the payment stays non-taxable to the employee under Pub. 463. Keep the IRS-compliant expense report (Form 1040 Schedule C, line 9) alongside the fuel receipt from any EIA-tracked retail station network pump used along the leg; Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examiners pull contemporaneous mileage logs first when auditing Schedule C unreimbursed business expenses, and the Ensenada→Chihuahua corridor must show date, business purpose, and odometer readings.