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B-194900 1 (1979-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhpk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES W AS H IN GTON, 0 C. 20548 I .- FILE: B-194900 DATE: September 14, 1979 VATTER OF: Sidney A. Morse - Travel Expenses - /f ve dirzerForfeited Security Deposit DIGEST: An employee may not be reimbursed for a forfeited security deposit paid to secure lodgings at a prospective temporary duty station when the temporary assignment is cancelled in advance, since the Federal Travel Regulations do not authorize reim- bursement. ISSUE DECIDED An employee, who places a security deposit on a house in anticipation of a one month temporary duty assignment, may not be reimbursed for that deposit, if the temporary duty assignment is cancelled in advance and the deposit is forfeited. The Federal Travel Regulations, FPMR 101-7 (May 1973) (FTR), do not authorize reimbursement of forfeited security deposits. FACTS Mr. Sidney A. Morse, an employee of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in New York City, was selected to attend an Insurance Tax Law Course in Boston, Massachusetts, from July 31 to August 25, 1978. Mr. Morse was given a travel advance in the amount of $1,275. He deposited $250 for the rent on a home in Scituate, Massachusetts, on lay 30, 1978. The deposit was subsequently forfeited when the training course was cancelled. Mr. Morse repaid $1,025 of the travel advance on July 31, 1978, and requested reimbursement of $250 for the security deposit which he forfeited. However, the IRS denied his request for reimbursement. Mr. norse then filed a claim for $250 directly with the Claims Division, U.S. General Accounting Office on August 14, 1978. The claim was disallowed by Certificate of Settlement No. Z-2808785, April 4, 1979. Mr. Morse appealed the disallowance on April 17, 1979. In addition, he has offered to settle his claim for $150.

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