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B-213164 1 (1984-02-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlns0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 1_ _111 __, ' THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL ONCISION . . OP THE UNITEO ETATE8 .WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 OMLJITI' FILE: B-213164 DATE: February 22, 1984 MATTER OF: Stephen J. Musser - Relocation Expenses - Change of Residence at Permanent Duty Station DIQEST: 1. Employee, who was transferred for training purposes and reimbursed for relocation expenses, subsequently claimed expenses associated with a change of residence at his permanent duty station. The claim may not be allowed since the employee's eligibil- ity for the relocation expenses authorized by 5 U.S.C. SS 5724 and 5724a (1982) is conditioned on such expenses being incurred pursuant to a permanent change of station. The employee was reassigned to another position at the same duty station and, therefore, did not undergo a change of duty station. Although agency officials advised the employee that he could be reimbursed for expenses incurred in a local move, the Government may not be bound by the erroneous acts or advice of its employees. 2. Employee, who was transferred in August 1981, was reimbursed for an $850 loan origination fee he incurred in November 1982, when purchasing a home at his new duty station. Paragraph 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (May 1973), in effect at the time of the employ- ee's transfer, prohibited reimburse- ment for any fee constituting a finance charge under Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. § 226.4(a). Since a loan origination fee constitutes a finance charge, the employee was not entitled to be reimbursed for any part of the fee unless he submitted a breakdown /; 3 55-3

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