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B-191588 1 (1979-01-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadgtl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-191588 MATTER OF: DIGEST: 2. Employee's vacation was interrupted by his recall'to headquarters for official duty, but there is no authority to pay wife's return travel expenses. Claim for value of lost vacation is analogous to forfeited deposit for which reimbursement may not be made. Finally, GAO will not object to agency recrediting 18 hours of annual leave incident to long distance telephonecalls and employee's return travel, but employee's claim for recredit of additional 38 hours annual leave representing vacation leave may not be allowed. This action is in response to a request from Margaret E. Wenzel, an authorized certifying officer of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Midwest Region, for an advance decision concerning the claim of ., an IRS employee, for travel and incidental expenses in the amount of $1,534.73 and for restoration of 38 hours of annual leave incident to the interruption of his vacation for the performance of official business. The record indicates that had requested and had received approval for a period of annual leave from May 13 through May 27, 1977. However, on May 12, 1977, Special Agent Bob Zavaglia advised that he would be required to appear as a witness in a criminal tax case on May 23, 1977. When explained that he was leaving for Mexico on May 13, 1977, and that he would be out of the country on the scheduled trial date, Special Agent Zavaglia and the Assistant U.S. Attorney agreed to allow THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITE.D STATES WASHINGTON. D. C. 20548 CATE: January 2, 1979 t--Travel Expenses incident to interruption of vacation for official duty7 1. Employee, who left on 2-week vacation in Mexico, was ordered to interrupt vacation and return to headquarters for official duty. Where recall was due to unforeseen circumstances and where it would be un- reasonable to require employee to assume added travel expense, our Office will not object to agency reimbursement for employee's return travel expenses. See B-190755, June 15, 1978.

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