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B-227786 1 (1988-03-10)

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The Comptroller General
of the United States

Washington, D.C. 20548

Decision



Matterof. Gary M. Sudhoff - Real Estate Expenses

File:     B-227786

Date:     March 10, 1988


DIGEST

An employee is not entitled to real estate selling expenses
upon his transfer to a new duty station when the home that
was sold was not located at his old duty station and he did
not regularly commute between the home and his place of
work, as travel regulations require.


DECISION

This decision holds that Mr. Gary M. Sudhoff, an employee of
the United States Customs Service, is not entitled to real
estate selling expenses for the sale of his home, since it
was not located at his old duty station.l/

Mr. Sudhoff first reported for duty on November 17, 1986,
at Tucson, Arizona. On November 20, 1986, he was sent to
Glynco, Georgia, to attend the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center. On December 2, 1986, he was informed that
he would be transferred to Corpus Christi, Texas. In March
1987 he completed his training at Glynco and returned to his
duty station in Tucson. He reported to Corpus Christi in
June 1987. Mr. Sudhoff's wife and children remained in the
family home at Orange Park, Florida. Apparently, at the
time he was transferred from Tucson to Corpus Christi, his
family left Florida and joined him at his new duty station
in Corpus Christi.

He sold the Orange Park home in February 1987 and claimed
real estate selling expenses. The U.S. Customs Service
denied the claim, since the home was not located at his old
duty station in Tucson.


1/ Virginia M. Cummings, Acting Chief, Travel Section,
National Finance Center, United States Customs Service,
Department of the Treasury, requested our decision.

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