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B-194314 1 (1979-06-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhiy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-194314 MATTER OF: DIGEST: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL o1F THE UNITED STATES W DAASHINGTNJ , uC. 20548 /01 6/7c DATE: June 28,. 1979 Mr. Michael A. Pokorski Transferred employee laims4.eimbursement for loan origination fee incident to purchase of home it new location. Charges contained in such a lump-sum fee may only be reimbursed if they are excludable from finance charges under Truth in Lending Act by Regulation Z, 12 C.F.R. 226.4(e) and itemized to show the portion of the fee allocable to each item. To the extent that a portion of the loan origination fee is not itemized and a specific amount allocable, it must be presumed to be finance charges and non-reimbursable. This action is in response to a letter from Mr. Michael A. Pokorski, an employee of the Defense Logistics Agency, concern- ing his claim for reimbursement for certain real estate expenses incurred incident to his official change of station in 1977. The file shows that incident to his official change of station, Mr. Pokorski purchased a home at his new station. According to the settlement papers, he was charged an unitemized cost of $300 under the category of a loan origination fee. By settlement dated September 26, 1978, the claim was disallowed based on decision B-ldd3i9. MarchL2-, which held that an unitemized loan origination fee may not be reimbursed since it was presumed to include finance charges, which, under para- graph 2-6.2d of the Federal Travel Regulations, are not reim- bursable. On reclaim, Mr. Pokorski provided an itemization totalling $178.25. Payment was authorized on March 2, 1979. Left out- standing was a $121.75 cost. Mr. Pokorski contends that that amount represents the fee for the escrow agent in the settlement transaction, but admits he is unable to establish it as such. Paragraph C14002 of Volume 2 of the Joint Travel Regulations, provides in part: C, ?1, iv - i

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