An advance decision was requested on the propriety of paying an employee mileage costs for travel from his residence to his official duty station and return on days immediately preceding and following temporary duty travel. There is no authority for reimbursing an employee for travel between his residence and his office; that expense must be borne by the employee...

BUNTEN - MILEAGE COSTS FROM RESIDENCE TO OFFICIAL STATION: THIS DECISION IS IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST DATED MAY 13. OUR OFFICE HAS LONG HELD THAT THERE IS NO AUTHORITY FOR REIMBURSING AN EMPLOYEE FOR TRAVEL BETWEEN HIS RESIDENCE AND HIS OFFICE. THIS IS AN EXPENSE THAT MUST BE BORNE BY THE EMPLOYEE. 19 COMP.GEN. 836 (1940). ON THOSE DAYS WHEN TRAVEL IS PERFORMED MILEAGE MAY BE ALLOWED IN CERTAIN INS...