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B-205515 1 (1982-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkiv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0DEloCIi ~l 0Im FILE; Ti' COMAPTtrLLP R GRl -NERAL O e*THM UNITED 1 FJTATLUB WAS E H I N GTON, V,0C, 205Alt B-205515 DATE; June P, 1982 MATTER OF; Betty J, Attorney Fike Fees - Real Estate Expenses- DIGEST; Employee of Internal Revenue Service sold her home in Cincinnati, Ohio, in April 1980, in connection with official transfer and claims attorney fees incident to the sale in excess of the amount customarily charged in the locality. Under applicable law and regula- tions, necessary and reasonable legal fees and costs incurred by reason of the sale of a residence incident to a permanent change of station may be reimbursed provided that the-costs are within the customary range of charges for such services within the locality of the residence transaction. Since the em- ployee's claim for attorney fees is in excess of the maximum range established for residence transactions in her locality by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, her claim is denied. A transferred employee incurred attorney fees in con- nection with the sale of her residence at the old duty station. The issue presented for our consideration here is whether the employee may be reimbursed for those costs in an amount which is greater than the customary range of charges for such services within the locality of the resi- der.ce transaction. In determining that; the employee is limited to the amount customarily charged in the locality, we sustain our Claims Group's adjudication in Settlement Certific&te Z-2825413, August 24, 1981. Ms. Betty J. Pike, ar Service, was transferred f Washington, in June 1980. Ms. FiKe incurred $751 in i employee of the Internal Revenue erom Cincinnati, Ohio, to Seattle, Incident to her transfer attorney fees during the period

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