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B-195462 1 (1980-04-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadiey0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0%,LER CPt\, Q6o THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECSI .. o THE UNITED sTATEB WASHING'T0N, D. C. 20548 FILE: B-195462 DATE: April 22, 1980 MATTER OF: William A. Worochock'- Temporary Quarters Subsistence xp rises and Reimbursement for Attorney's Fees for Purchase and Sale of DIGEST: Residence 1. Employee was transferred from Guam to United States and authorized 60 days of temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE). He moved into temporary quarters in Guam before traveling to United States. Upon arrival in United States he went on annual leave before reporting to official duty station in New York at which time he reentered temporary quarters. Employee is only allowed to receive TQSE for 60 consecutive days once entitle- ment to TQSE starts. However, he may opt to claim TQSE beginning at time he entered temporary quarters in Guam or when he reported to official duty station in New York. 2. Employee incurred attorney fees incident to both the purchase and the sale of a residence before April 27, 1977, the date of decision in George W. Lay, 56 Comp. Gen. 561. In connection with the residence purchase in 1974, he may not be reim- bursed for lump-sum fee paid to his attorney. In connection with sale of residence in 1976 employee may not be reimbursed for services performed by his attorney which included correspondence with bank, broker, client and purchaser, since services were of an advisory nature. In both cases, the fees paid are not reimbursable for settlements prior to Lay decision. 3. Employee may be reimbursed for bank's attorney's fees incident to purchase of his residence in 1974 since those fees were for the review of documents at closing, were reasonable for the locality involved, and purchaser was required to pay them.

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