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B-215450 1 (1984-12-27)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmci0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OECISION OP THE UNITED UTATES WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20548 ONIT, FILE: 3-215450 DATE: December 27, 1984 MATTER OF: William J. Toth - Reimbursement of Lodging Expenses DIGEST: An employee transferred on a permanent change of station, claims entitlement to lodging and subsistence expense reim- bursement while occupying temporary quarters at his new duty station, which were provided by a relative. The claim was administratively disallowed on the basis of insufficient information to establish the reasonableness of the claimed expenses. The claim is denied, but on other grounds. While reasonable- ness of expenses is always in issue, under Federal Travel Regulations, para. 2-5.4(b), proof that the expenses were incurred is also required. Where a receipt given by a commercial establish- ment for lodging establishes both payment and reasonableness, a statement from a relative regarding the value of similar lodging does not. Since reimbursement is based on the incurrence of expenses which an employee is required to pay, unless proof of payment is submitted, the issue of reasonableness will not be considered. This decision is in response to a letter from Mr. William J. Toth, who is appealing our Claims Group Settlement Z-2850782, April 24, 1984. That settlement disallowed his subsistence expense claim for occupancy of temporary quarters owned by a relative, incident to his permanent change-of-station transfer in May - June 1982. We sustain that disallowance for the following reasons. FACTS Mr. William J. Toth, a Hearings and Appeals Analyst with the Social Security Administration, was stationed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was transferred from Philadelphia to Arlington, Virginia, and reported for duty O3o (.

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