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B-229452 1 (1988-06-10)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadncr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroiler General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision James T. Faith - Real Estate Appraisal Cost - Matterof- Relocation Service Contract File: B-229452 Date: June 10, 1988 DIGEST A transferred employee incurred an expense to have his old residence appraised before trying to sell it himself. He later used the services of a relocation company under contract to his agency, and he claimed reimbursement for the cost of the earlier appraisal. Paragraph 2-12.5b of the Federal Travel Regulations prohibits reimbursement to an employee for any personally incurred real estate expenses that are similar or analogous to any expenses the agency is required to pay to a relocation company. Since the reloca- tion company had the property appraised as part of their contract to purchase the residence from the employee, which service was paid for by the agency, the employee may not be reimbursed his appraisal costs. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an Authorized Certifying Officer, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior. It concerns the entitlement of one of its employ- ees to be reimbursed a real estate appraisal fee incident to a permanent change of station in June 1986. We hold that he is not entitled to reimbursement for the following reasons. BACKGROUND Mr. James T. Faith, an employee of the Bureau of Reclamation, was transferred from Miles City, Montana, to Yakima, Washington, effective June 22, 1986. As part of the process of attempting to market his residence himself, he secured an appraisal of the property at a cost of $125. He later chose to use the services of a relocation company under contract with the Bureau of Reclamation. As part of the relocation company's procedure, they also had the property appraised and on October 22, 1986, made an offer to Mr. Faith to purchase his residence. Following Mr. Faith's acceptance of the offer, the relocation company submitted

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