Payments to Immediate Family for Packing Household Goods

A decision was requested as to whether an employee could be reimbursed for amounts paid by him to his daughters for packing and unpacking his household goods incident to his transfer within Alaska. Reimbursement for the payments was denied since reimbursement for amounts paid to an employee's immediate family is not authorized by applicable laws or regulations. In addition, employees may not be reimbursed for their own labor, and the same principle is applicable to members of their immediate families.