B-202103: Jul 16, 1981

IS NOT ENTITLED TO TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES BEFORE SETTLEMENT. THE EMPLOYEE'S INTENT AT THE TIME HE MOVED INTO QUARTERS WAS CLEARLY TO MAKE HOUSE HIS PERMANENT RESIDENCE. 2. SINCE SUCH PAYMENTS ARE FINANCE CHARGES UNDER REGULATION Z AND ARE NOT REIMBURSABLE UNDER FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS. THE AMOUNTS QUESTIONED ARE TEMPORARY QUARTERS SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES OF $2. PIERCE IS NOT ENTIT...

B-202103: Jul 16, 1981

An authorized certifying officer of the Department of Agriculture requested GAO to decide on the propriety of the claim of an employee for temporary quarters subsistence expenses and certain items and amounts representing real estate expenses in connection with the purchase of his residence. Shortly after the employee and his family relocated, the employee executed an earnest money agreement for t...