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B-193322 1 (1979-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhui0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION FILE: B-193322 MATTER OF: Gregory J. Abbott DIGEST: Transferred employee's Eclaim for subsistence expenses while occupying temporary quarters was red ed by agency from $879.37 to $659.38. Agency considered what reasonably prudent per- son would expend in the geographic area, employee's dietary needs, and economic status in making reduction and compared meal expenses to those found in statistical references of United States Department of Agriculture. Agency action was not clearly erroneous, arbi- trary, or capricious. GAO will not substitute its judgment for that of agency. See 55 Comp. Gen. 1107 (1976); amplified, 56 Comp. Gen. 604 (1977). Mr. Leon J. Boyce, Chief, Accounting Section, Internal Revenue. Service (IRS), Department of the Treasury, has asked us to deter- ,mine whether the IRS correctly reimbursed an employee, Mr. Gregory J. Abbott, for his meal expenses while he occupied temporary quarters incident to a transfer of his official duty station. Since the record does not show that the action of the IRS in determining Mr. Abbott's level of reimbursement was clearly erroneous, arbi- trary, or capricious, we will not substitute our judgment for that of the employing agency.. In his letter of submission of October 19, 1978, Mr. Boyce states in pertinent part as follows: Mr. Abbott claimed $450.39 for meals for the first ten-day period; $226.84 for the second ten-day period and $202.14 for the third ten-day period. We reimbursed Mr. Abbott $659.38 for meals covering the 30 day period. We based our disallowance on your decision #B-185948, dated 5/12/76. Mr. Abbott's family consists of his wife and 12 year old son. Temporary quarters were obtained in furnished accommodations with cooking facilities. 11 N01 I 4/ THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL 4- . > OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, O.C. 20549 CATEDecember 11, 1979

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