[Request for Reconsideration of Claim for Loan Origination Fee]
Highlights
An Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee sought reconsideration of a decision which denied him reimbursement of certain services provided as part of a loan origination fee where there was no itemization of the portion of the charge allocable to each service. He contended that GAO decisions do not require a dollar amount to be associated with each service for which reimbursement is being pursued. The employee sought reimbursement where the estimated fees claimed for otherwise reimbursable services were reasonable in light of customary charges in that area. GAO stated that Federal regulations prohibit the reimbursement of a finance charge and require that a determination be made on the reasonableness of each otherwise allowable charge; GAO decisions require an itemization of the fees in order to determine the reasonableness of each charge. Accordingly, the prior decision was affirmed.