B-218953: Jun 26, 1986

PAYMENT OF A SECOND ATTORNEY'S FEE BY THE PURCHASER WAS NOT CUSTOMARY IN THE LOCALITY AND THE PARTICULAR LEGAL SERVICES RENDERED WERE RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION OF THE RESIDENCE RATHER THAN TO THE CONVEYANCE OF TITLE TO THE PROPERTY. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES RELATED TO CONSTRUCTION IS EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED UNDER THE REGULATIONS. IS NOT ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR A SECOND ATTORNEY'S FEE HE PAID FOR...

B-218953: Jun 26, 1986

The Internal Revenue Service requested a decision on whether a transferred employee could be reimbursed for legal fees he incurred in ensuring that construction defects in his new residence were corrected. GAO held that: (1) reimbursement for a second attorney's fee applies only to those localities where it is customary for the purchaser to pay a second attorney to represent his individual interes...