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B-205614 1 (1982-04-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkft0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /4ZjP ~ TH?3 COMPTROLLER OC!!'JflAL DECISION o OF THE UNIT39C STATES W A B H I NG T 0 N, ,. 2 05421 FILE: B-205614 DATEi April 13, 19'2 MATTER OF; Nathaniel Et Greelj- Relognt:.on- Real Estate Expenses - Interest in a Cooperatively Owned Building DIG3EST: 1. Employee transferred from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Detrit, Michigan, in May 1981, claims certain real estate tranuaction expenses in connection with the purchase of a cooperative apartment at the new duty station. Following the rule established in Zera B. Taylor, B-201172, December 15, 1981, 61 Comp. Gen. , in the absence of evidence clearly establishing a different arrangement, we will consider an interest in a cooperatively owned apartment building to be a form of ownership in a residence for whicl.real estate epen6es may be reim- bursed as provided under the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR). 2. In Herbert Wl. Everett, B-201809, May 0, 1981, 60Comp. Gen,_., we held that membership fees in cooperatively owned apartments are part of tbe purchase price having no relationship to any expense re- quired for the purchase of the property. In the present case application fee and lottery (unit selection) fee may be dis-- tinguishable as incidental charges made for required services in connection with the purchase-of a cooperative for which reimbursement may be further considered under paragraph 2-6.2f of the FTR. How- ever, $200 claimed as an application fee rust be furthei explained to adequately differentiate it from a membership fee. 3. Claims fbr expenses of mortgage service, insurance, and legal service in con- nection with employee's purchase of a cooperative apartment at the new official station must be further explained and itemized to enable the agency to ascertain aJ jF - w 7 . - % . * 4 . .. f - q. 0'

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