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B-203762 1 (1982-12-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkty0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE OOMPTROLLEM C ENEFIAL iOL J2II1CIBICN OP TNE UNITED UTATEU WASHWNCTON. Do 9, 2054U FILEs B-203762 DATE: December 15, 1982 MATTAR OF: R. Edward Palmer DIGEST: Volume 2 of the Joint Travel Regula- tions (2 JTR) does not specify an across-the-board dollar limitation for the purpose of determining the reasonableness of actual subsistence claims for meals and miscellaneous expenses. In this caso the account- ing and finance officer considered a meal expense to be excessive and applied a dollar limitation to. reim- bursement. Absent a sufficient justification for the higher dinner coat that action is upheld. It is noted that the provisions of 2 JTR para.C4611 limit meal and miscellane- ous expenses reimbursement to 50 per- cent of the high cost area rate in specific situations where lodging costs are not incurred. A similar limitation for application to sub- sistence expenses claims involving commercial lodging costs could be applhd. An accounting and finance officer for the Defense Logistics Agency, Marietta, Georgia, requests an advance decision regarding his authority to'limit an employee's reimbursement for meal expenses in a high cost area. The submission was approved by the Per Diem, Travel and Trans- portation Allowance Committee and has been assigned Control No. 82-3. The voucher that gives rise to this decision was sub- mitted by Mr. R. Edward Palmer in connection with his tempo- rary duty assignment to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is a high cost area for which actual subsist- ence expenses not in excess of $75 per day may be reim- bursed. Mr. Palmer's claim for May 27, 1981, is based on lodging costs of $31.80 and $45.50 for mcals, including $38 for a single dinner. Considering this meal expense to be excessive and based on information indicating that the General Accounting Office limite its employees' daily reim- bursement for subsistence expenses other than lodgings to r ~ -: . . . . . . , 99 - a--c-n --- ~ --- .

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