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B-228632 1 (1988-03-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnaf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 01 TSD ecision Matterof- Rhonda M. Tiller - Charges on Checks Returned for Insufficient Funds File: B-228632 Date: March 10, 1988 DIGEST An employee who elected to have her salary deposited directly in her bank account is not entitled to reimburse- ment of service charges she incurred for checks issued without sufficient funds because the government failed to deposit her salary. There is no statutory or regulatory provision authorizing reimbursement. DECISION In this decision, we deny reimbursement of service charges incurred by Rhonda M. Tiller, an employee of the Defense Logistics Agency, when checks she issued were returned for insufficient funds because of her agency's error in not depositing her pay check with her bank.l/ Ms. Tiller was authorized advance sick leave for which she was to receive her regular salary. However, as a result of an administrative error by her agency she was placed in a leave without pay status, and her paycheck was not deposited in her bank account. As a result, several checks she issued were returned for insufficient funds, and her federal credit union charged her a $70 service charge. Ms. Tiller claimed the service charge from her employing office, since it was responsible for the failure to deposit her salary in her bank account. The employing office denied the claim because there is no law or regulation authorizing the federal government to pay service charges for returned checks resulting from its failure to deposit salaries in an employee's bank account. / Mr. Peter H. Tovar, Chief, Accounting and Finance Division, Office of the Comptroller, Defense Logistics Agency, requested our decision. (C, i\ r

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