B-214383: May 8, 1984

DIGEST: EMPLOYEE MAY NOT BE REIMBURSED FOR THE COST OF A MONTHLY PARKING PERMIT WHICH HE WAS UNABLE TO USE NEAR HIS PERMANENT DUTY STATION BECAUSE OF A TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) ASSIGNMENT IN ANOTHER LOCALE. SUCH A COST IS A PERSONAL EXPENSE AND THERE IS NO BASIS UPON WHICH IT WOULD BECOME A GOVERNMENT OBLIGATION UPON THE ASSIGNMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE TO TDY. GASA - REIMBURSEMENT OF PARKING PERMIT: THIS DE...

B-214383: May 8, 1984

A decision was requested as to whether an employee of the Internal Revenue Service could be reimbursed for the cost of a parking permit. The employee was unable to use the permit because he had been detailed to another location on a temporary duty assignment. GAO held that employees must bear the cost of transportation to work and that there was no basis upon which to reimburse the employee for th...