An advance decision was requested as to whether an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee could be reimbursed for: (1) a loan origination fee incurred in purchasing a new residence; (2) local househunting travel in a privately owned automobile; and (3) postage stamps used for change of address notifications and correspondence to secure information about services at his new duty station. IRS had d...

LUMP-SUM LOAN ORIGINATION FEES PAID IN CONNECTION WITH THE PURCHASE OF HIS NEW RESIDENCE ARE CONSIDERED CHARGES IMPOSED AS PART OF THE COST OF OBTAINING CREDIT. AS SUCH ARE NOT REIMBURSABLE. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES - TRANSFERS - MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES - POSTAGE - ALLOWABLE AMOUNT POSTAGE FOR CORRESPONDENCE WITH REALTORS INCIDENT TO TRANSFER TO A NEW DUTY STATION IS ALLOWABLE AS A REIMBURSABLE MISCE...