B-224765: Aug 17, 1987

CIVILIAN PERSONNEL - Relocation - Residence transaction expenses - Inspection fees - Reimbursement DIGEST: An employee is not entitled to relocation expense reimbursement for a building inspection fee he paid as a result of his mother's insistence on the inspection as a condition for her loan to him of a downpayment on his purchase of a residence at his new duty station. Is not entitled to reimbur...

B-224765: Aug 17, 1987

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested a decision concerning an employee's entitlement to reimbursement for an inspection fee for his residence at his new duty station. GAO held that the inspection was for the employee's benefit and not a service customarily required in the employee's area of residence. Accordingly, the claim was denied, and GAO recommended that USDA recover an overpayment...