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B-244589 1 (1991-11-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnzc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Comptroller Geueral or the United States Wfehlnton, 0,0, 20548 Decision Matter of: William Robert Pong File: B-244589 Date: November 26, 1991 DECISON This decision is in response to a request concerning the extent of the entitlement of Mr. William Robert Pong, an employee of the Federal Aviation Administration, United States Department of Transportation, to reimbursement of real estate purchase expenses where he shared title to an apartment purchased with his nondependent father, Mr. George Yee Pong,' Mr. William Robert Pong was transferred front San Jose, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. He reported for duty on January 14, 1990, Incident to his transfer, the employee and his father purchased an apartment in Waipahu, Hawaii. The deed executed on February 22, 1991, stated that, in return for valuable consideration paid by the Pongs, the grantors conveyed the property to the employee, who resided in Aiea, Hawaii, and his father, who resided in San Mateo California, as tenants in common. Mr. William Robert Pong was conveyed a 99 percent undivided interest, and Mr. George Yee Pong was conveyed a I percent undivided interest in the apartment in fee simple. In a recent decision, Mazhar-Ul Hague, 68 Comp. Gen. 519 (1989), we held that where the recorded deed of title identified the employee and his brother's agreed to ownership of the residential property as tenants in common with 95 and 5 percent undivided interests respectively, the employee had a 95 percent interest in the property. Therefore, he was entitled to reimbursement of that percentage of the total allowable real estate expenses incurred incident to the purchase oE the property. The holding in Mazhar-Ul Hague is fully applicable to Mr. Pong's claim. 'The request for a decision was submitted by Ms. Vickie Etling, Supervisor, Accounting Division, Federal Aviation Administration.

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