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B-211107 1 (1983-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadldm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - I /1 . THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION F . O THE UNITED STATES 'WAS H INGTO N. 0.C. 20548 FILE: B-211107 DATE: June 10, 1983 MATTER OF: James C. Troese DIGEST: An employee who was transferred in January 1982 may not be reimbursed for any part of a $340 loan origination fee he incurred incident to purchasing a home at his new duty station since the entire fee was con- sidered a nonreimbursable finance charge under the regulations then in effect unless the employee submits an itemized list speci- fying what part, if any, is for items which are not finance charges. This action is in response to a request for an advance decision whether Mr. James C. Troese, an employee of the Army Corps of Engineers, is entitled to be reim- bursed for a $340 lump-sum loan origination fee he paid when purchasing a new residence after being transferred in January 1982 to a new duty station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. We find that he is not entitled to be reimbursed because, under the regulations in effect at the time he reported to his new duty station, a lump-sum loan origination fee of the type he paid was considered a finance charge which was not reimbursable by the Government. This question was submitted to our Office at the request of Mr. Troese by the Finance and Accounting Officer, Department of the Army, Baltimore District, Corps of Engineers, after the claim was originally rejected by that office. The file shows that Mr. Troese reported for duty at his new duty station in Harrisburg on January 4, 1982. He subsequently purchased a home near Harrisburg, with the date of settlement being September 29, 1982. He sub- mitted a claim to the Corps of Engineers in October 1982 for $2,266.50 for costs associated with the purchase. However, only $1,226.50 of the amount claimed was allowed because it was determined that the remainder, including a $340 loan ori-gination fee, were finance charges and therefore not reimbursable under the applicable Federal Travel Regulations. Mr. Troese resubmitted the rejected claims to the Corps of Engineers in December 1982 and they were denied again.

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