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B-223607 1 (1986-12-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmon0001 and id is 1 raw text is: LoSz The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Timothy Shaffer - Transportation of Household Goods File: B-223607 Date: December 24, 1986 DIGEST Employee of the Internal Revenue Service chose to move his own household goods by private conveyance after agency advised employee that cost comparison between commuted rate and actual expense methods of transporting household goods showed that actual expense method using a Government Bill of Lading (GBL) would be the most economical and, therefore, reimbursement would be limited to the GBL amount. Since the employee chose to use a method other than the authorized method, he can only be reimbursed for the costs he actually. incurred in moving his household goods. He may not be reimbursed the GBL amount authorized unless his actual costs are eoual to or exceed the GBL amount authorized under the actual expense method. 41 C.F.R. S 101-40.203-2(d). DECISION G. Fannin, an Authorized Certifying Officer with the Internal Revenue Service, retuests an advance decision concerning the claim of Mr. Timothy Shaffer for household goods moving expenses incurred in connection with his change of official station from Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indianapolis, Indiana, in November 1985. Under the regulatory authority controlling Mr. Shaffer's household goods move, and where Mr. Shaffer determined for personal reasons to make arrangements for and ship his own household goods, the agency must limit reimbursement to the actual costs he incurred in moving his household goods. BACKGROUND Mr. Shaffer was transferred from Cincinnati to Indianapolis with a reporting date of November 18, 1985. Pursuant to a travel authorization dated September 30, 1985, transportation of Mr. Shaffer's household goods was authorized by Government Bill of Lading (GBL) with an estimated net weight of 18,000 pounds. On November 4, 1985, an employee in the Facilities Management Branch, Indianapolis District, contacted the General Services Administration (GSA) for a cost comparison ) 7 711

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