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B-214412 1 (1984-08-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadlwd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OP THE UNITEO STATES WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 FILE: B-214412 DATE: August 23, 1984 MATTER OF: Richard A. Virden -- Transportation Expenses for Automobile Ordered Through Foreign Dealer DIGEST: Although State Department employee states that he was owner at time automobile was shipped from factory, his claim for trans- portation costs of new vehicle from Japan to Thailand is disallowed since he had not paid full purchase price, nor produced any other clear evidence that legal title of automobile had passed to him at time of shipment as required by section 165.1, Volume 6, Foreign Affairs Manual. This decision is in response to a request by Mr. James Q. Kohler, Jr., Chief, Financial Operations Division, Office of the Comptroller, .United States Information Agency (USIA), Washington, D.C. Mr. Kohler asks whether Mr. Richard A. Virden, an employee of USIA is entitled to reimbursement of transportation expenses for the shipment of a new automobile from Nagoya, Japan, to Bangkok, Thailand. Mr. Virden may not receive reim- bursement for the reasons which follow. Mr. Virden first initiated a supplemental travel voucher for the transportation expenses in the amount of $509.66 on January 31, 1984, in connection with his perma- nent change of station from Warsaw, Poland, to Bangkok, Thailand, under Travel Authorization No. 0-0616, dated March 27, 1980. Instead of shipping a vehicle from his old station, Mr. Virden ordered a new Toyota automobile on August 12, 1980, from a local dealer shortly after his arrival in Bangkok. Although the record is somewhat nebulous, it appears that Mr. Virden took possession of the vehicle from the shipping company sometime on or after November 22, 1980. On January 14, 1981, the employee received a statement from the Bangkok dealer which item- ized the costs of the vehicle, transportation, and regis- tration charges. The record suggests that all charges were ultimately paid by Mr. Virden although there is no indication as to the date.

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