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B-225342 1 (1987-04-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: /__ _ ,,,/ 1I G The Comptroller General / ~ of the United States Washington. D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: John F. Hein File: B-225342 Date: April 15, 1987 DIGEST An employee may not be reimbursed temporary quarters subsistence expenses while temporarily renting a home he planned to purchase at his new duty station, notwithstand- ing the fact that he was furnished erroneous information by employees of his agency. DECISION We are asked whether Mr. John F. Hein, an employee of the - U.S. Customs Service, is entitled to temporary quarters sub- sistence expenses during the period he rented a home at his new duty station which he intended to purchase.1/ The fact that he and his family occupied the house on a rental basis prior to purchase does not change the fact that the house may not be considered temporary quarters, since he intended to purchase the home and use it as his permanent residence. Therefore, he is not entitled to temporary quarters subsist- ence expenses. BACKGROUND On March 30, 1986, Mr. Hein transferred from Chicago, Illinois, to Miami, Florida. He states that on May 12 or 13, 1986, he telephoned the National Finance Center, U.S. Customs Service, and was advised that the Government would honor his claim for temporary quarters subsistence expenses even though he rented the home he was about to purchase in Miami as his permanent residence. Mr. Hein indicates that on the basis of advice that he would receive reimbursement if he presented l/ Mr. Thomas E. Garrison, Chief, Travel Section, U.S. Customs Service, National Finance Center, requested our decision.

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