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B-197648 1 (1980-07-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadikw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: - ~ DECISION THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL SOF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON. D. C- 20548 FILE: MATTER DIGEST: B-197648 DATE: July OF: Benjamin C. Ross Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses 22, 1980 Employee seeks reimbursement for subsistence expenses while occupying temporary quarters in home of friends incident to change of permanent duty station. Claim for lodging expenses may not be paid since no information was furnished that friends incurred additional expense to furnish employee lodging. Claim for reimbursement of food expenses may be paid if employee submits additional information as to where meals were obtained and certifying officer determines that amount is reasonable under circumstances. This advance decision is in reply to a request by Judith B. Czarsty, a certifying officer of the General Accounting Office (GAO), for a determination of the proper amount that Benjamin C. Ross, an employee of the GAO, may be reimbursed for temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE). Mr. Ross was transferred from Washington, D. C., to Chicago, Illinois, and resided with friends in Chicago from October 31, 1977, to November 15, 1977. Mr. Ross certifies that he paid $226. 50 toward the rent during his stay. He sub- mitted a travel voucher on October 16, 1979, in which he attached his TQSE claim for expenses incurred for 10 days from October 31, 1977, to November 9, 1977. Mr. Ross claimed $22. 65 a day for lodging expenses and S3. 60 a day for meals. The total claim was 8262. 50 which was the maxi- mum allowable under the travel regulation. See Federal Travel Regulations (FTR) para. 2-5. 4c (FPMXIR 101-7) May 1973. The certifying officer disallowed the claim based on two decisions of our Office, 52 Comp. Gen. 78 (1972) and Carl E. Williams, B-187419, June 1, 1977. They require lodging expenses with friends to be reasonable and related to the actual cost of providing lodgings to the employee. We note that those decisions involve lodgings with relatives. However, the principles stated therein have been applied to lodgings with friends. See Guy H. Carr, B-193130, May 3, 1979.

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