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Request for Reimbursement of Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses

B-195866 Apr 02, 1980
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requested an advance decision on whether an employee's reclaim voucher for temporary quarters subsistence expenses (TQSE) for his family should be certified for payment. The member was authorized 30 days TQSE for himself and his family incident to a change of duty station. The employee and his family occupied temporary quarters at the new station for 5.5 days. His family then returned to their former permanent address where they remained for 21 days until their new permanent residence was available for occupancy. The IRS did not pay the employee for any expenses for the period that he and his family occupied the temporary quarters. The employee filed a reclaim voucher contending that his family returned to the former duty station due to uncertainties concerning the sale of his former residence and purchase of his new residence. To be paid TQSE, the employee's family must have vacated the residence in which they were residing at the time the transfer was authorized. In this case, GAO held that the record did not provide objective evidence of an intent to vacate the former residence. Accordingly, the employee might not be reimbursed.

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