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B-183480 1 (1975-09-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadcpm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION p THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 FILE: B-183480 MATTER DIGEST: DATE: SEP 4 1975 OF: Proper method of computing constructive costs of travel Although 2 JTR para. C10157-2d requiring the actual costs versus the constructive costs for transportation and per diem to be compared separately in determining employee's reimbursement when, for personal reasons, privately owned conveyance is used in lieu of common carrier transportation was initially promulgated on basis of our decision, the regulation on which our decision was based has been superseded. We interpret the current regulation, FTR para. 1-4.3, as requiring agency to determine empl6yee's reimbursement for such travel by comparing total actual costs to total con- structive costs, and the JTR should be amended accordingly. This action involves a request from Mr. Paul D. Phillips, a member of the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation Allowance Com- mittee, Department of Defense, for a decision as to the propriety of amending 2 Joint Travel Regulations para. C10157-2d (change 104, June 1, 1974), which provides the method for determining an em- ployee's entitlement to reimbursement when a privately owned conveyance is used for official travel as a matter of personal preference in lieu of common carrier transportation. When, for personal reasons, a privately owned conveyance is used for official travel, 2 JTR para. C10157-2d (change 104, June 1, 1974) provides for determining separately the reimburse- ment allowable for transportation costs and the reimbursement allowable as per diem by comparing separately the actual versus the constructive costs of transportation and per diem. Mr. Phillips indicates that this provision was initially prescribed on the basis of our decision. 45 Comp. Gen. 592 (1966). Although he points out that the travel regulation, Bureau of the Budget (BOB) Circular No. A-7, para. 3.5b(2) (March 1, 1965), on which our decision was based has been amended since our decision was issued, he states that there does not appear to be a major difference between that provision and the current regulation, Federal Travel Regulations (FPMR 101-7) para. 1-4.3 (May 1973). He states that in fact the

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