[IRS Employee's Claim for Reimbursement for Real Estate Expenses]

A transferred Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee claimed reimbursement for a pro rata amount of expenses she incurred incident to the sale of her residence at her former duty station. GAO held that the statutory authority and the implementing Federal Travel Regulations clearly contemplate reimbursement of relocation-related real estate expenses on a pro rata basis, not to exceed the statutory maximum. Accordingly, the claim was allowed.