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B-211304 1 (1983-07-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlet0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ~0j.LE 0 T'41 COMPTROLLER OENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-211304 DATE: July 12, 1983 MATTER OF: Robert E. Kigerl - Loan Origination Fee ..IDIG F_S- - 'Employee may be reimbursed the loan origination fee he incurred incident to purchasing a house on December 1, 1982, at his new duty station since paragraph 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel .Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981) (FTR), as amended, specifically authorizes reimbursement for such a fee. Revised FTR para. 2-6.2d repre- sents a change from the predecesso 'regulations, as interpreted by decisions of this Office, in that it specifically allows reimbursement for a fee that may constitute a finance charge within the meaning of Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. S 226.4(a) (1982). Nevertheless, the revised regulation is consistent with the authorizing legislation in 5 U.S.C. S 5724a(a)(4) (1976), and, therefore, will be followed by this Office. This decision is in response to a request for an -advance decision submitted by Mr. Harold T. Ownby, an authorized certifying officer of the General Accounting Office, concerning reimbursement of a $725 loan origination fee paid by Mr. Robert E. Kigerl in connection with the purchase of a residence at his new duty station. We hold that the amount in question may be certified for payment since paragraph 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (September 1981) (FTR), as amended by GSA Bulletin FPMR A-40, General, Supplement 4, October 1, 1982, specifically authorizes reimbursement for loan origination fees. By travel order dated October 8, 1982, Mr. Kigerl was authorized reimbursement of relocation expenses associated with his transfer from Albany, New York, to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. On December 1, 1982, he settled on the pur- chase of a residence at his new duty station, and subse- quently claimed reimbursement foi various closing costs, including a lump-sum loan origination fee in the amount of 0a- ( QG q

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