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B-201009 1 (1981-04-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjhu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'THE C1MPROLE GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES . WASHINGTON. . C. 2054e I[::)ECISION .~U In0.oF T DSAE FILE: B-201009 DATE: April 16, 1981 MATTER OF: John P. Allen- Relocation expenses - $/7r/,f &1 a , r 4fEscrow fees shipment of automobi1e DIGEST: I. Because mortgage financing was unavailable, transferred employee sold his house at old duty station by real estate contract. Under contract purchaser agreed to make monthly payments and employee, as seller, agreed to transfer title upon payment in full. To handle future payments, employee entered into escrow agreement whereby buyer was to make monthly payments to escrow agent, and escrow agent was to make mortgage payments for which employee remained liable. Employee may not be reimbursed for cost of escrow agreement as agreement is solely for employee's convenience and not directly related to sale itself. B-171338, April 29, 1976. 2. Employee of U.S. Army who was trans- ferred from Tacoma, Washington, to Indianapolis, Indiana, who traveled by air with his family, may not be reimbursed for cost of shipping automobile by commercial carrier. The Finance and Accounting officer, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianarequests a decision as to the propriety of paying Dr. John P. Allen's claim for reimbursement of an escrow fee~of $325 aid in connection with the sale of his former residence:n: a'-X70.19Icharge for shipment of his automobile. Both charges were incurred in connection with Dr. Allen's transferfrom Madigan Army Medical Center, Washington, to the Army Research Institute Field Unit, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana,cas a civilian employee of the Department of the Army.For the reasons stated below, neither fee may be reimbursed. Because of the scarcity of mortgage money, the individual who purchased Dr. Allen's residence at his old duty station was unable to obtain conventional financing. LDr. AllenIthere- fore'sold his residence by means of a real estate contract whereAhy the purchaser agreed to pay the purchase price in

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