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B-227485 1 (1987-11-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmxd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 0LXA 0 The Comptroller General of the United States trWashington, D.C. 20548 Decision Edward C. Licht- Actual Subsistence Expenses - Matterof: Itemization of Meal Costs File: B-227485 Date: November 6, 1987 DIGEST An employee in a travel status in April and May 1984 was authorized reimbursement on an actual expense basis, and he claimed meal expenses in excess of the agency guideline permitting reimbursement up to 45 percent of the daily maximum per diem rate, as reasonable, without requiring further justification. The employee later reduced his claim to an amount equal to the 45 percent guideline, but again did not itemize his daily meal costs. The agency, recogniz- ing that he had incurred some meal costs, reimbursed him less than 45 percent of the applicable rate. The employee claims additional reimbursement, arguing that since his revised claim did not exceed 45 percent of maximum per diem, he is not required to itemize or further justify his expenses. His claim may not be paid since paragraphs 1-8.5 and 1-11.5(b)(2) of the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) require subsistence expense itemization to at least permit agency review. While written agency guidelines may authorize, as reasonable, subsistence reimbursement up to 45 percent of a maximum per diem rate, such guidelines do not supersede other requirements of law or statutory regulations. Therefore, we concur with the agency action to require the employee to comply with FTR requirements to support his additional claim. DECISION This decision is in response to a letter from Mr. Edward C. Licht. He is appealing our Claims Group settlement Z-2864340, March 31, 1987, which disallowed additional subsistence expense reimbursement to him incident to a temporary duty assignment. We sustain that disallowance for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. Edward C. Licht, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, performed temporary :, 154r1. ~

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