B-222184: Aug 18, 1986

FUNDS - IMPREST - AVAILABILITY IMPREST FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY THE COSTS OF RECRUITMENT ADVERTISING SO LONG AS THAT ADVERTISING IS AUTHORIZED UNDER 44 U.S.C. 3702 AND THE PAYMENT OTHERWISE MEETS APPLICABLE REQUIREMENT FOR IMPREST FUND PAYMENT. THE WRONG FORM MAY HAVE BEEN USED. THE AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT OF 44 U.S.C. 3702 IS NOT A LIMITATION OF THE METHOD BY WHICH THE ADVERTISING MAY BE PROC...

B-222184: Aug 18, 1986

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requested a decision concerning whether: (1) it properly used imprest funds for recruitment advertising; (2) it properly contracted for advertising services; (3) it properly used imprest funds for advance payments for advertising services; and (4) the newspapers' receipts were adequate to support imprest fund payments. GAO determined that: (1) the use of imprest...