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[Request for Advance Decision Concerning Repayment of Househunting Expenses]

B-212261 Feb 06, 1984
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Pursuant to a request for an advance decision, GAO reviewed a matter concerning an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee who was authorized a househunting trip to facilitate a permanent change of station. The point in question was whether the employee must repay an advance given to her for the trip because she reported to her new official duty station before completing the trip. This situation arose when her relocation allowance advance check did not arrive by the time she was to return from her househunting trip, so she reported for duty on the scheduled date while waiting for the check to arrive. GAO determined that the IRS correctly applied the regulation governing travel by employees to seek housing. This regulation provides that an employee's round trip for househunting must be accomplished before the employee reports to the new official duty station. GAO held that the employee must repay certain moneys advanced to her for the trip since she failed to comply with this regulation.

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