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B-184527 1 (1976-07-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcwz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - DECISIC FILE: -~ _ ~THE COMPTPLL.LER GENERAL 3 Nj. OF THE UNITED STATES ) ~WASHINGTON, 0. C. 20548 DATE: B-184527 MATTER OF: DIGEST: UL I r)I JUL 1 41976 Patricia A. Grafe - lodging expenses - forfeited rental deposit Employee was authorized reimbursement on the basis of actual lodging expenses plus an allowance for meals and miscel- laneous expenses the total not to exceed $25. Employee may not be reimbursed for forfeited rental deposit since she has already been paid the maximum $25 per day amount allowable. This action concerns a request by an authorized certifying officer of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for an advance deci- sion whether a claim by Ms. Patricia A. Grafe, an employee of IRS, for a forfeited rental deposit paid incident to an IRS training session may be certified for payment. The record reveals that Ms. Grafe was notified in writing that she would be attending a training session at the IRS Regional Training Center in Dallas, Texas. Following this notification Ms. Grafe made a $35 deposit to reserve a rental apartment at Century 21 Apartments. These apartments were within cormmuting distance by public transportation to the specified training site. However, the training site was subsequently moved to a suburban location where public transportation was not available to and from the Century 21 Apartments. Consequently, Ms. Grafe made other housing arrangements at a cost of $14 plus tax per night and forfeited the $35 deposit which was nonrefundable. Our Office has been informed that Ms. Grafe was authorized to receive reimbursement on a lodgings plus basis. She was to receive the actual cost of lodgings, rounded to the next whole dollar, plus a per diem of $10 per day, the total not to exceed $25 per day. In the present instance, Ms. Grafe actually received $25 for each day of the training session. This amount consisted of $15 actual costs for lodging (rounded up from $14 plus tax) and $10 per diem. Para. 1-7.3c of (May 1973) in effect in pertinent part as the Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101-7) at the time the travel was performed provided follows: ' q 'o S

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