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B-213021 1 (1984-05-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlrf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: . v- '' THX COMPTROLLER MENERAL OCISION OP THE UNITED STATES WASHINOTON. 0. C. 20548 FILE: B-213021 DATE: May 2, 1984 MATTER OF: Charles P. Boucher -Reimbursement of Meal Expenses - Reasonableness DIQEST: A Customs Service employee on temporary duty, in an actual subsistence expense status with a high rate geographical entitlement of $75.00, claimed meal expenses of $50.00 or more per day. Customs Service determined that these meal claims were exorbitant, based on agency guidelines requiring the claim for meal costs to be reasonable and the Sales Marketing Management Survey of Selling Costs. The agency denial is upheld since there is no evidence that its guidelines were arbitrary and capricious or that the employee was required to spend more than the guidelines permitted due to unusual circumstances. This decision is in response to an appeal filed on behalf of Mr. Charles P. Boucher by his authorized repre- sentative, Mr. Lawrence K. G. Poole, Assistant Counsel of the National Treasury Employees Union, Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Boucher, an employee of the Customs Service, Depart- ment of the Treasury, is appealing the determination by his agency denying his claim for additional reimbursement for meals, which he incurred incident to temporary duty in Miami, Florida. For the following reasons, we concur in the determination reached by the Customs Service in dis- allowing Mr. Boucher's claim. Mr. Boucher, who was assigned to thq Customs Service South Central region, went to Miami from May 7 to December 20, 1982, for temporary duty. Mr. Boucher was authorized actual subsistence expenses, not to exceed $75 per day. Mr. Boucher is reclaiming amounts relating to his meal expense for the period of May 7 to June 25, 1982, in the total additional amount of $585.00. It is reported that Mr. Boucher consistently claimed meal expenses of $50.00 or more per day during the period in question. However, the Customs Service reduced his reimbursement by $585 reflecting the agency's decision to allow a maximum meal reimbursement of $35 per day.

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