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B-205394 1 (1982-04-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkgl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 'DE 2 !IBION 4? rNrmi., 't'rV' ~ I ~t.rsd4 I' o j&f.~'n.91 It/ 4 - -.- I B-205394 DATE; April 26, 1982 MATTER OF; rm I fn =,=,',' ij;,t-V i Kentit-th 0, Dudley Payment for temporary quarters subsis.. tence expenses is denied for the period the employee rented a home he had con- tracted to purchase. Although ultimiately, he did not purchase the house because he could not obtain the required finan.dng, the house was his permanent residence due to his intent to purchase at the time he moved in, The Accounting and Finance Officer, Defense Contract Administration Services Region# Atlanta, Defense Logistics Agency, has requested an advance decision on the propriety of paying temporary quarters subsiitence expenses claimed by Mr, Kenneth O. Dudley, an agency employne, for the period of time that he and his wite occupied a home on a rental basis subsequent to entering into a contract to purchase the home. This request wac assigned Control Number 81-30 by the Per Diem,, Travel and Transportation Allowance Coaut.ttee and forwarded to us by endorsement. For the reasons set forth below, Mr. Dudley is not en- titled to temporary quarters subsistence expenses since at the time he and his wife occupied the home he intended to occupy the residence on a permanent basis. Mr. Dudley transferrd from Pascagoula, Mississippi, to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in June 1981,. In connection with the transfer his travel order authorized reimbursement for temporary quarters subsistence expenses for up to 24 days. On June 2, 1981, during an authorized ouse hunting trip he entered into a contract to purchase a home in Cocoa Beach, Florida. Later that same day he was advised that his income was not sufficient to qualify for the necessary hc.rme loan and that he would be unable to purchase the ho't. unless his wife obtained a position in her field as a school teacher. On June 3, Mr. Dudley signed a 40-day lease on the home on which he had executed the sales contract. The lease, an addendum to the sales contract, provided that the rental period would be from June 8, 1981, until FILE; THE COMIPTROLLrR cENERA OF THE UNITED UTATEU ,ASHINGITON0N, DC, 2O t4B

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