B-153231, FEB. 25, 1964
Highlights
THE CLAIM WAS ALLOWED IN PART BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF OCTOBER 7. THE ITEMS TO WHICH YOU TAKE EXCEPTION ARE (1) THE ROUND TRIP JET-COACH FARES BETWEEN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON. YOUR WIFE AND MINOR CHILDREN 1 AND 2 YEARS OF AGE WERE AUTHORIZED TO TRAVEL FROM LEGHORN. UPON EXAMINATION OF YOUR RECLAIM FILED IN THIS OFFICE IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT YOU WERE ENTITLED TO THE COSTS BY JET COACH FOR SUCH TRAVEL. WAS $15.35. ACCORDINGLY YOU WERE ALLOWED ONE AND ONE-HALF ROUND TRIP FARES AT THAT RATE OR $46.10 LESS THE $33.24 PREVIOUSLY PAID YOU BY THE AGENCY. YOU SAY THE CORRECT RATE FOR JET-COACH TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON WAS $16.40 EACH WAY RATHER THAN $15.35. THE RATE WAS BASED UPON THE FARE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND FRIENDSHIP AIRPORT AND YOU WERE ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL $2.50 EACH WAY TO COVER THE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN SUCH AIRPORT AND WASHINGTON.
B-153231, FEB. 25, 1964
TO MR. VITO DEMARZO:
THIS REFERS TO YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 13, 1963, REQUESTING FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL TRAVEL EXPENSES INCIDENT TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY.
THE CLAIM WAS ALLOWED IN PART BY OUR SETTLEMENT OF OCTOBER 7, 1963. THE ITEMS TO WHICH YOU TAKE EXCEPTION ARE (1) THE ROUND TRIP JET-COACH FARES BETWEEN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, (2) THE TAX ON SUCH FARES AND, (3) TWO TAXI FARES IN WASHINGTON WHICH YOU FEEL SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSTRUCTIVE COSTS OF YOUR OWN TRAVEL INCIDENT TO TEMPORARY DUTY IN INDIANAPOLIS.
BY ORDER DATED OCTOBER 25, 1962, YOUR WIFE AND MINOR CHILDREN 1 AND 2 YEARS OF AGE WERE AUTHORIZED TO TRAVEL FROM LEGHORN, ITALY, TO TORRANCE, CALIFORNIA, AND RETURN, THE COSTS THEREOF NOT TO EXCEED THE COST OF TRAVEL BETWEEN LEGHORN AND WASHINGTON, D.C. ON THE BASIS OF TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON (ROUND TRIP) THE AGENCY ALLOWED YOU $33.24 REPRESENTING FIRST-CLASS RAIL FARE. UPON EXAMINATION OF YOUR RECLAIM FILED IN THIS OFFICE IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT YOU WERE ENTITLED TO THE COSTS BY JET COACH FOR SUCH TRAVEL. ONE WAY JET-COACH FARE FROM NEW YORK TO FRIENDSHIP AIRPORT, MARYLAND, WAS $15.35. ACCORDINGLY YOU WERE ALLOWED ONE AND ONE-HALF ROUND TRIP FARES AT THAT RATE OR $46.10 LESS THE $33.24 PREVIOUSLY PAID YOU BY THE AGENCY.
YOU SAY THE CORRECT RATE FOR JET-COACH TRAVEL BETWEEN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON WAS $16.40 EACH WAY RATHER THAN $15.35. HOWEVER, THE RATE WAS BASED UPON THE FARE BETWEEN NEW YORK AND FRIENDSHIP AIRPORT AND YOU WERE ALLOWED AN ADDITIONAL $2.50 EACH WAY TO COVER THE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN SUCH AIRPORT AND WASHINGTON. YOU ARE, HOWEVER, ENTITLED TO THE 10 PERCENT TRANSPORTATION TAX ON THE $46.10 OR $4.61.
CONCERNING THE TAXI FARES WE AGREE THAT HAD YOU RETURNED FROM INDIANAPOLIS TO WASHINGTON UPON CONCLUSION OF YOUR TEMPORARY DUTY THERE YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO TAXI FARE FROM THE RAILWAY STATION TO YOUR HOME AND AT THE EXPIRATION OF YOUR HOME LEAVE TO ANOTHER TAXI FARE FROM HOME TO THE RAILWAY STATION. THEREFORE, YOU WILL BE ALLOWED $6 REPRESENTING SUCH FARES.
WE ARE INSTRUCTING OUR CLAIMS DIVISION TO STATE SETTLEMENT IN YOUR FAVOR FOR $10.61 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING.