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B-211688 1 (1983-10-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadljj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION O( ,l' F THE UNITED STATES WASH INGTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-211688 DATE: October 13, 1983 Robert P. Trent - Reimbursement for Official Travel DIGEST: 1. An employee requests reimbursement for costs claimed to have been incurred for taxicab service in traveling to and returning from the airport. The employee contends that a receipt is not necessary since the taxicab fare, exclusive of tip, was less than $15 for each trip. The employee also refuses to provide his resi- dence address, contending that the agency has no authority to request such informa- tion. The Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) require that the employee provide his residence address with his travel voucher. Since the employee has refused to provide this information, we conclude that the agency may properly deny reim- bursement for the item. Also, taxicab fares and tips should not be itemized separately and a receipt should have been obtained by the employee. 2. An employee claims reimbursement for the cost of local telephone calls charged to his hotel room. The agency has disallowed reimbursement for local calls dated for the day before and day after the dates on which the conference which he attended was in session, stating that there was no need for the employee to conduct official busi- ness on these days. The employee bears the burden of proving that the costs incurred were essential to the transacting of official business.

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