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B-232720 1 (1989-09-13)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnoy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ot4 The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Gregory Scheer - Real Estate Expenses - Impact Matter of. Fees File: B-232720 Date: September 13, 1989 DIGEST A transferred employee may not be reimbursed for an impact fee included in the closing costs for a newly constructed residence which the employee purchased at his new duty station. Under paragraph 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations, only expenses resulting from the construction of a residence which are comparable to expenses allowable in connection with the purchase of an existing residence may be reimbursed, and there is no indication that a comparable expense would have been paid for the purchase of an existing residence. DECISION This decision is in response to a request from William E. Burrow, Jr., Authorized Certifying Officer, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), concerning the entitlement of Mr. Gregory Scheer, an FBI employee, to be reimbursed for an educational impact fee associated with the purchase of a newly constructed residence incident to a permanent change of station. For the following reasons, we hold that he may not be reimbursed. BACKGROUND Mr. Scheer was transferred from New York, New York, to Miami, Florida, in July 1988. Mr. Scheer purchased a new home in Coral Springs, Florida, from Hidden Hammocks Associates, the developers of the property on which the new residence was constructed. In connection with the purchase, Mr. Scheer paid various closing costs, including an educational impact fee of $776. Broward County, where the home was located, had assessed the impact fee against the developer as a condition for the issuance of a building permit to provide additional educational facilities within the area of the development. The developer passed this M I

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