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B-207500 1 (1982-10-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkrn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Q r~ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL [ECISION O 2.J* OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 FILE: B-207500 DATE: October 20, 1982 MATTER OF: Robert D. Maxwell - Transportation of Household Goods - Accessorial Charges DIGEST: A transferred employee who moved his own household goods was reimbursed actual expenses since there was insuf- ficient documentation to pay him under the commuted rate method. He may be reimbursed the additional expense he incurred in hiring a moving company to move certain items of furniture into a loft area of his house. That expense may be reimbursed as part of the actual cost of transporting his household goods. See 48 Comp. Gen. 115 (1968). J. R. Burkett, a certifying officer and Director of the Division of Accounting, Fiscal and Budget Services, Region VI, Department of Health and Human Services, has requested our opinion as to whether Mr. Robert D. Maxwell, an employee of the Social Security Administra- tion, may be reimbursed for the expenses he incurred in hiring a moving company to move certain items of furni- ture into a loft area in his home. We believe Mr. Maxwell is entitled to such reimbursement. Mr. Maxwell was transferred from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Dallas, Texas, in August 1981, and was authorized to ship his household goods by the commuted rate method. He moved his own household goods on September 28, 1981, and placed them in storage. He was reimbursed only his actual expenses because he did not provide sufficient documentation for reimbursement under the commuted rate method. See Federal Travel Regula- tions FPMR 101-7 (May 1973) (FTR) paragraph 2-8.3a(3). Mr. Maxwell moved into his new residence in N1ovember 1981. That residence contained a large loft room accessible only by a narrow spiral staircase. Since larger pieces of furniture had to be hoisted into the room, Mr. Maxwell could not move them himself and hired two men from a moving company to assist him.

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