[Decision Concerning VA Employee's Claim for Reimbursement for Apartment Resale Waiver Fee]

The Veterans Administration requested a decision regarding a transferred employee's claim for expenses he incurred in selling his apartment. The claimant contended that his housing cooperative forced him to pay a resale waiver tax to sell his apartment on the open market. GAO held that the expense was not reimbursable because it was not similar to any allowable real estate expense. Accordingly, the claim was denied.