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B-231485 1 (1989-01-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnjd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Louis H. Schwartz - Claim for Real Estate Expenses File: B-231485 Date: January 19, 1989 DIGEST A transferred employee may not be reimbursed a tax service fee, messenger service fee, or discount points for the purchase of a new residence. Since the employee used a relocation service contractor for the sale of his old residence, he may not be reimbursed for legal fees for the sale of the former residence. Upon the production of proper documentation, the employee may be reimbursed for a structural inspection fee if it was a required service. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from an authorized certifyinq officer concerning the claim of Louis H. Schwartz, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Southwest Region. Mr. Schwartz seeks reimbursement of expenses disallowed by IRS which he claimed in connection with the sale of his residence at his old post of duty at Muskegon, Michigan, and the purchase of a home at his new post of duty at Odessa, Texas. The IRS denied reimbursement for discount points, tax service fees, and messenger service fees incurred in connection with the purchase of a new residence and legal fees for the sale of the former residence. The agency indicated it would permit reimbursement of the structural inspection expense if Mr. Schwartz could provide documentation from the lender that such inspection was required. Under the statutes and regulations qoverning relocation expenses for transferred employeesl/, we note that discount 1/ 5 U.S.C. § 5724a (1982); Federal Travel Regulations (Supp. 4, Aug. 23, 1982), incorp. by ref., 41 C.F.R. 101-7.003 (1987). &4.4C8/1 Y71

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