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B-240463 1 (1991-03-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnvx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: * *w~~r; ~ r 541 1 Comm GemeS I4 of S. UsISS Swaf Decision Matter of: Steven Frank ilo: B-240463 Date: March 22, 1991 0IC5O1 An Internal Revenue Service Certifying Officer asks whether Mr. Steven Frank may,be reimbursed for legal fees incurred prior to accepting tie services of a relocation company incident to a permanent change-of-station transfer. For the reasons stated below, we are returning the claim to the agency for further consideration. To assist in his relocation from New York City to Washington, D.C. in 1987, Mr. Frank chose to use the services of a relocation company. Prior to assigning the sale of his home to the company, Mr. Frank incurred $350 in legal expenses for ,the preparation of a sales contract for his home. According to Mr. Frank, the relocation company to whom he assigned the sale of his home required such a contract. The relocation company's Final Closing Statement shows legal fees of $750. However, that document does not show whether the company included those fees in its charges to the agency. Under the statutes and regulat ions governing relocation expenses of transferred employees 1/, employees may be reimbursed fdr the costs of preparTng conveyances to the extent such costs have not been included in services for which reimbursement is claimed under other categories. The regulations prohibit reimbursement for 'services that are similar to those paid by an agency to a relocation company. FTR, pars. 2-12.5b, Supp. 11, Aug. 27, 1984. Such companies commonly include the preparation of legal documents among their services. Accordingly, in Louis H. Schwartz, B-231485, Jan. 19, 1989, we refused to authorize the payment of legal fees to an employee who incurred the fees prior to choosing a relocation company. See also James T. Faith, 67 Comp. Gen. 453 (1988). 1/ 5 U.S.C. S 5724a (1982); Federal Travel Regulations para. 2-6.2.c, (Supp. 4, incorp, by-ref., 41 C.F.R. 5101-7.003 (1987). Aug 23, 192 .

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