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B-64193 1 (1978-03-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadfue0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Lens .e Wilcox 0 4' THE COMPTROLLM2R GENERAL WASHINGTON. D.C. 20E40 FILE: B-64193 DATE: ,March 14, 1978 MIATTER OF: Adolph B. Amster - Lodging Cost, Gift OlGEST: Navy empl oyee who lodges without cost at home of friend while on temporary* duty may not be reimibursed $30 spent for a gift for host and for taking host to dinner, Although the giving of a gratuity under such circumstances mnay be cus- tomary, thec cost of such gift or m-eal is unr elated o the additional cust occasioned the host by the employee's stay and cannot be considered a lodging cost. 55 Comp. Gen. 956 (1976); 56 Comp. Gen. 321 (1977). This decision is rendered in response to Mr. Adolph B. Amster's request for reconsideration of our Claims Division's denial of his claim for $30 in lieu of lodging costs. By travel order dated August 18, 1975, Mr. Amster, an employee of the Department of the Navy, was assigned Vo temporary duty at Los Alamos, New Mexico, and China Lake, California. From September 7 to '3O, 1975, wbile'at China Lakc, Mr. Amster did not occupy commercial lodgings but stayed in te home of friends, Although Mr. Amster did not incur any lodging costs on those dates, he claims reimbursement in lieu of lodging cost\. for $30 spent for a gift and meals. He has provided a receipt for $13. 52 for a gift he purchased for bis hosts and has explained that the balance of $16.48 was expended for meals for his hosts. Mr. Amste-'s claim for reimbursement was disallowed by our Claims Division in Settlement Certificate Z-2618570, October 12, 1977, on the basis that the expenditures involved were not for lodgings but were in the nature of a personal ex- pression of appreciation for the hospitality extended him. Be takes exception to the disallowance, pointing out that if his friends had charged him for staying in their home L ,ould have been reimbursed for those charges. Explaining that he believes it is not reasonable for a friend or relative to charge for hospi- tality, he states that it is a matter of common courtusy for a house guest to provide a gift or to take his or her host to dinner and that such costs should be reimbursed. He adds that he per- sonally would not considnr staying with friends without giving a L- *f..d.*.A I --A

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