B-214146: Oct 24, 1984

THE EMPLOYEE MUST STATE ON HIS OR HER TRAVEL VOUCHER THAT THE PER DIEM WAS BASED ON AVERAGE LODGING COSTS AND FURNISH THE APPROPRIATE LODGING RECEIPTS IN ORDER TO BE REIMBURSED. ALTHOUGH SHE NOTED ON THE VOUCHER THAT THE PER DIEM CLAIM WAS BASED ON THE AVERAGE LODGING COST SHE ATTACHED NO RECEIPTS VERIFYING THE LODGING COSTS INCURRED DURING THE TRIP. THE EMPLOYEE ARGUES THAT THE AGENCY IS ARBITRAR...

B-214146: Oct 24, 1984

GAO was requested for an advance decision as to whether an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee should be reimbursed for lodging expenses incurred by herself and her dependent while traveling from her old duty station to her new permanent duty site. The claimant noted on her travel voucher that the claimed per diem was based on the average lodging expenses incurred, even though she submitted no...