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B-210566 1 (1983-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkyj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: N'/ THE COMPTROLLER GENERA DECISION . OF THE UNITEO STATES 0 WASHINGTON. o.Cr. 20548 FILE: B-210566 DATE: March 22, 1983 MATTER OF: Paul M. Foote DIGEST: A transferred employee incurred expenses for a credit report and appraisal in con- nection with his attempt to purchase a residence at his new duty station. The employee was unable to purchase the residence since the lending institution rejected his application for a mortgage loan. Claim for the cost of the credit report and appraisal are disallowed because only expenses incurred incident to completed residence sale or purchase transactions are reimbursable real estate expenses. This action is in response to a request for an advance decision from Ms. Anita R. Smith, an authorized certifying officer of the Department of Agriculture. Ms. Smith asks whether Mr. Paul M. Foote, an employee of the Department,may be authorized reimbursement in the amount of $133 for the costs of a credit report and appraisal fees in connection with the attempted purchase of a residence at his new duty station incident to his transfer from Hyattsville, Maryland, to Kansas City, Missouri. The employee is not entitled to reimbursement for the claimed expenses since such expenses were not incident to a consummated purchase of a residence at the new official station as is contemplated by the applicable provision of the Federal Travel Regulations. The record shows that Mr. Foote who had been authorized payment of relocation expenses in connection with his change of permanent duty station incurred the expense of an appraisal fee and a credit report in connection with the purchase of a residence at his new duty station. Mr. Foote was unable to consummate the purchase of the residence in question due to the lending institution rejecting his appli- cation for a mortgage loan. The Department disallowed his claim for reimbursement of these expenses on the basis that the expenses were not incurred in the consummated purchase of a residence.

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