B-217564: Aug 13, 1985

An Agency for International Development employee appealed a Claims Group settlement which disallowed his claim for a refund of the profits from the sale of his automobile at his overseas duty post. The employee claimed that roundtrip travel costs between India and Europe, where the automobile was purchased during annual leave, should have been included as part of the vehicle's acquisition costs. T...

B-217564: Aug 13, 1985

AN EMPLOYEE WHO SOLD HIS AUTOMOBILE ABROAD WAS ALLOWED TO RETAIN ONLY ITS ACQUISITION COST AND WAS REQUIRED TO ACCOUNT TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PROFITS OF ITS SALE. SINCE HE WAS REIMBURSED BY THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTIVE COST OF COMMERCIALLY SHIPPING THE VEHICLE FROM WEST GERMANY TO NEW DELHI. WARNER'S REQUEST TO OFFSET PERSONAL TRAVEL EXPENSES AGAINST THE PROFITS OF SALE FOR WHICH HE IS A...

B-217564: Feb 28, 1986

WHILE THE FORMER EMPLOYEE CLAIMS THAT ADDITIONAL TRAVEL EXPENSES INCURRED IN PERSONALLY DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE FROM GERMANY TO INDIA WHILE ON LEAVE SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED. ON REVIEW THE CLAIM IS REJECTED IN VIEW OF THE AUTHORITY OF LOCAL OFFICIALS TO MAKE DETERMINATIONS UNDER THIS DEPARTMENT OF STATE REGULATION. WARNER'S CLAIM BECAUSE HE HAS PRESENTED NO EVIDENCE THAT OUR DECISION WAS BASED ON E...

B-217564: Feb 28, 1986

A former Agency for International Development employee requested reconsideration of a decision sustaining the Claims Group's rejection of his claim for actual travel expenses incurred while driving his car to another country to be sold. GAO found that: (1) the Department of State rejected the claim under its policy against employee profiteering and excluded all but the commercial transportation co...