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B-224775 1 (1987-04-07)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmqv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision William H. Selzer, Jr. - Real Estate Expenses - Matterof. Changes of Official Station File: B-224775 Date: April 7, 1987 DIGEST An employee may not be reimbursed for several real estate expense items incurred incident to two changes of official station since the expenses were determined not to be customarily paid by the seller or purchaser, as applicable in each case. In addition, the costs incurred in termination of a lease are not reimbursable since the payment was not required by the terms of the lease and did not otherwise meet the conditions of the applicable regulation. A loan origination fee incurred in 1974 may not be reimbursed under the regulation in effect at that time. However, the employee may be reimbursed for the cost of an appraisal fee incurred in connection with his purchase of a residence since, under a conventional loan in that area, the purchaser is customarily required to pay an appraisal fee. DECISION Mr. William H. Selzer, Jr., a former employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Department of Justice, has appealed Settlement Certificate Z-2621210, November 7, 1977, issued by our Claims Group, which disallowed his claim for reirnbursment of certain relocation expenses incurred in connection with two changes of his official duty station in 1971 and 1973. For the reasons stated later in this decision, we sustain the Claims Group's settlement action, in part, and overrule the disallowance of one claimed expense. BACKGROUND The INS authorized a change of official station for Mr. Selzer from the Virgin Islands to Phoenix, Arizona, in July 1971, and from Phoenix to Tucson, Arizona, in November 1973. Mr. Selzer submitted travel vouchers in which he claimed reimbursement for certain real estate 0, F c, 5( ; c

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