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B-229026 1 (1988-08-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadndy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: QThe Comptroller General / 1of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof: Nicholas Berg - Loan Origination Fee File: B-229026 Date: August 8, 1988 DIGEST A transferred employee claims reimbursement for a loan origination fee he paid on behalf of the buyer of his old duty station residence. Federal Travel Regulations authorize reimbursement in such cases only where the seller customarily pays the fee. Since it was the local custom here for the buyer to pay the loan origination fee, the agency's disallowance of the claim is sustained. DECISION This is in response to a request for an advance decision on the question of whether an employee of the United States Customs Service, incident to a permanent change of station, may be reimbursed a loan origination fee he paid as a seller on behalf of the buyer at his old duty station.l/ Where, as here, the claimant fails to show that loan origination fees are customarily paid by a seller in the locality of his old residence we sustain the agency's disallowance of his claim. BACKGROUND Mr. Berg relocated from Miami, Florida, to Albany, New York, pursuant to a permanent change of station. Mr. Berg's claim for relocation expenses included a loan origination l/ The request was made by the U.S. Customs Service, Indianapolis, Indiana, by letter of September 1, 1987. 7 (C

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