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B-260895 1 (1996-02-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptadqb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matter of: John H. Skinner File: B-260895 Date: February 22, 1996 DIGEST 1. An employee who performed temporary duty travel rented an apartment at the temporary duty site and was required to pay a tenancy fee as a move-in fee. That expense may be reimbursed as a nonrefundable lodging cost under sections 301-7.1(c)(1)(i) and 301-7.14(a)(1) of the Federal Travel Regulation. Valerie E. Taylor, B-257744, Feb. 9, 1996. 2. An employee who performed temporary duty travel used his government credit card to pay for his lodging. He was charged a credit card fee by the landlord equal to 5 percent of the rental charge. Section 301-9.1(e) of the Federal Travel Regulation (1994) authorizes expenses not enumerated in sections 301-9.1(a) through (d) to be reimbursed when necessarily incurred by the traveler while transacting official business. Since section 301-15.44 of the Federal Travel Regulation directs employees to use government issued credit cards to the maximum extent possible, and the use was for the benefit of the government, the employee may be reimbursed the credit card fee. DECISION This decision responds to a request from an authorized certifying officer, National Finance Center, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),' concerning the entitlement of an employee to be reimbursed a tenancy initiation fee and a credit card fee incident to the performance of long-term temporary duty in 1994. We conclude that both expenses are reimbursable under the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR), for the following reasons. Mr. John H. Skinner, an employee of the USDA, Forest Service, stationed in Nevada City, California, was assigned to long-term temporary duty in San Francisco, California, in May 1994. He rented an apartment on a month-to-month lease at a cost of $2,000 a month. Besides the rent, he was charged a security deposit of $200 1Ms. Sandra S. Williams-Reference FSD-1 RJP. 1053221

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