United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao_comptroller_general legislative 2016-06-24 U.S. Government Publishing Office 1996-02-22 monographic deposited born digital 3 p. GA 1.13:B-260895 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-260895 P0b002ee18fd4bd6c f:260895 DGPO 2016-06-24 2016-06-24 GAOREPORTS-B-260895 machine generated eng fdlp COMPTROLLERDECISION GAOREPORTS-B-260895 B-260895 Comptroller General Decision 1. An employee who performed temporary duty travel rented an apartment at the temporary duty site and was required to pay a tenancy fee as a move-in fee. That expense may be reimbursed as a nonrefundable lodging cost under sections 301-7.1(c)(1)(i) and 301-7.14(a)(1) of the Federal Travel Regulation. Valerie E. Taylor, B-257744, Feb. 9, 1996.<p/>2. An employee who performed temporary duty travel used his government credit card to pay for his lodging. He was charged a credit card fee by the landlord equal to 5 percent of the rental charge. Section 301-9.1(e) of the Federal Travel Regulation (1994) authorizes expenses not enumerated in sections 301-9.1(a) through (d) to be reimbursed when necessarily incurred by the traveler while transacting official business. Since section 301-15.44 of the Federal Travel Regulation directs employees to use government issued credit cards "to the maximum extent possible," and the use was for the benefit of the government, the employee may be reimbursed the credit card fee. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-260895/html/GAOREPORTS-B-260895.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-B-260895/pdf/GAOREPORTS-B-260895.pdf GAO/B-260895 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-B-260895 Comptroller General Decision GAO/B-260895; John H. Skinner;