B-247730: Sep 21, 1992

Funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are not available to provide space for eldercare facilities for adult relatives of IRS employees. IRS appropriated funds are available. They would provide respite to caregivers who would otherwise be absent from work.[1] The Service's plan was that employees would pay approximately $33 per day to support a nonprofit facility. We were informe...

B-247730: Sep 21, 1992

Funds appropriated to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are not available to provide space for eldercare facilities for adult relatives of IRS employees. IRS appropriated funds are available. The Service's plan was that employees would pay approximately $33 per day to support a nonprofit facility. We were informed that the IRS Policy Board for Human Resource Issues has determined that the Service...

B-247730: Sep 21, 1992

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requested a decision regarding whether it could use appropriated funds to pay for operating costs of eldercare facilities for adult relatives of IRS employees, contending that an eldercare program was necessary for recruiting and retaining staff and maintaining employee morale. GAO held that IRS: (1) did not have specific statutory authority to pay operating cost...