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B-223004 1 (1986-11-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmnt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: ZThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: David Riddering File: B-223004 Date: November 3, 1986 DIGEST The employee is not entitled to real estate selling expenses since he had not acquired an interest in the property prior to the time he was first definitely notified of his transfer, as required by the travel regulations. Before notice of the transfer, neither he nor an immediate family member held title to the residence, and he had only an informal arrange- ment with his in-laws to purchase under indefinite terms as to pric.e and time of rchae. DECISION In this decisionl/ we hold that Mr. David Riddering, an employee of the Social Security Administration, is not entitled to real estate expenses for the sale of his resi- dence incident to his transfer of official duty station. His sale would not satisfy the requirement of the Federal Travel Regulations that the employee must have acquired an interest in the property at the time the employee was first notified of the transfer. BACKGROUND On July 16, 1985, the employing office informed Mr. Riddering that he would be transferred from Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, to Arlington, Virginia, effective September 15, 1985. Mr. Riddering indicates that in February 1985 he had entered into an informal arrangement for the purchase of a home in Mayaguez owned by his wife's parents whereby he made a down-payment of $9,000 and agreed to live in the home with them until they completed the construction of a new residence with the proceeds of the downpayment. He was to take title when the parents moved to their new residence. He has furnished a copy of a personal check he issued to the parents 1/ Mr. Walter W. Pleines, Social Security Administration Accounting Officer, Baltimore, Maryland, requested our decision.

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