B-201153: Jan 18, 1982

A transferred employee claimed expenses incurred in settling an unexpired lease on property which included both his former residence and income-producing farmland. The employee had executed a 5-year lease of property at his old official station and, as a result of the transfer, the employee could not comply with the lease terms and was charged lease cancellation expenses. The lease for the income-...

B-201153: Jan 18, 1982

WE HAVE HELD THAT FTR PARA. 2-6.1F LIMITS REIMBURSEMENT OF REAL ESTATE EXPENSES TO THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVEYANCE OF THE RESIDENCE AND THE LAND WHICH REASONABLY RELATES TO THE RESIDENCE SITE. 54 COMP.GEN. 597 (1975). REIMBURSEMENT OF THE $750 HOLDOVER FEE IS NOT AUTHORIZED BECAUSE THE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO PROMPTLY MOVE HIS FAMILY OFF THE PROPERTY PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW LEASE YEAR. REIMB...