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B-183251 1 (1975-05-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadixu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TA-E COMPTROL.LER GENERAL , zECISION , OF THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, 0..C. 20548 , 4, -/ FILE: DATE: MAY 2 9 197S B-183251 MATTER OF: Charles L. Putnam and Billie L. Verble - Real estate expenses - second trusts DIGEST: 1. Employee, incident to transfer of statio, sold residence and incurred expense for prepaying second deed of trust incurred after initial financing of house. Expenses connected with second mortgage transaction may be reimbursed since they are not precluded by either 5 U.S.C. 5724a(a)(4) or Federal Travel Regulations. 2. Employee, incident to transfer sold residence and incurred expenses for recording and a trustee's fee in connection with second deed of trust. Federal Housing Administration's Schedule of Closing Costs for Virginia did not list charges related to second mortgage transactions. Omission does not preclude payment of expenses since expenses incident to second mortgage transactions are payable and sele...... .i.... only more common charges. Therefore, payment may be made when additional information is obtained as to reasonableness of expenses. By letter of February 18, 1975, Mr. Gary E. Schroeder, Authorized Certifying Officer, General Services Administration, requested our decision regarding the reimbursement of certain real estate expenses to two employees upon transfer of station. Each of the employees sold his residence and incurred expenses related to a second deed of trust. Mr. Schroeder's letter reads in pertinent part as follows: Mr. Charles L. Putnam, Jr., under GSA Authorization No. OP40T084 dated August 24, 1973, covering relocation from Washington, D.C. (residence: Arlington, Virginia) to Roanoke, virginia submitted a claim for sales expenses which included recording fees of $17.34 and a Trustees Fee of $42.00 in connection with a second deed cf trust. The second deed of trust was incurred at the time Mr. Putnam purchased the residence. We suspended payment of these charges, as the Federal

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