|CHAPTER��4�-�EMPLOYEE�TRAVEL
    PART�C:��PERMANENT�CHANGE�OF�STATION�(PCS)�TRAVEL
        C4111��TEMPORARY�CHANGE�OF�STATION�(TCS)
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| | C4111� TEMPORARY CHANGE OF STATION (TCS) | 
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| | A.� General. | 
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| | An order-issuing official may authorize a TCS with limited relocation allowances, instead of TDY allowances, for an employee scheduled for extended TDY (between 6 and 30 months).� The long-term temporary assignment location becomes the employee�s temporary official station. | 
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| | B.� Eligibility. | 
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| | 1.Assignment.� | 
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| | An assignment may be considered for a TCS only if: | 
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| | a.the employee is directed to perform an extended TDY at another duty station outside the local area as described in par. C2400-B; | 
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| | b.the assignment isn�t less than 6 months nor more than 30 months; | 
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| | c.TDY travel and per diem otherwise are payable; and | 
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| | d.the order-issuing official determines TCS is more advantageous than TDY as in subpar. C. | 
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| | NOTE:� A transportation agreement isn�t required for a TCS move. | 
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| | 2.Employees.� | 
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| | All employees are eligible for a TCS except: | 
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| | a.a new appointee; | 
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| | b.an individual employed intermittently as a consultant or expert and paid on a daily when-actually-employed (WAE) basis; | 
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| | c.an individual serving without pay or at $1 a year;� | 
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| | d.an employee assigned under the Government Employees Training Act (5 U.S.C. �4109) (see par. C4502); or� | 
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| | e.an employee assigned to or from a State or local Government under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (5 U.S.C. �3372). | 
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| | C.� Conditions.� | 
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| | After considering subpars.1-4, an order-issuing official may authorize TCS when the cost is outweighed by the benefits of TDY cost savings and increased employee morale and job performance. | 
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| | 1.Component Cost Considerations.� | 
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| | The estimated costs of TCS and TDY must be compared and considered.�� | 
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| | 2.Employee Tax Considerations.� | 
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| | According to the IRS, an employee who performs TDY exceeding 1 year at a single location is subject to income tax on travel reimbursements.� An employee who performs a TCS also is subject to income tax on some, but not all, of the TCS reimbursements, but receives a relocation income tax (RIT) allowance.� TCS should be considered seriously if an extended TDY results in an unreimbursable income tax liability on an employee. | 
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| | 3.Employee Concerns. | 
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| | The possible negative effect of a long-term absence from the PDS and immediate family on the employee�s morale and job performance should be considered, as well as other employee pay entitlements such as locality pay and non-foreign cost of living allowances. | 
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| | 4.Equity Concerns.� | 
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| | The financial inequity that results when a long-term TDY employee subsists in a manner similar to permanently assigned employees and receives TDY allowances should be considered. | 
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| | D. TCS Allowances. | 
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| | 1.Entitlements.� | 
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| | Instead of TDY travel and transportation allowances including per diem while at the TDY location, an employee is entitled to: | 
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| | a. mileage as in par. C4250 if a POC is used;� | 
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| | b.employee�s travel expenses including per diem as in par. C4553-B3;� | 
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| | c.transportation and per diem for immediate family as in Chapter 7;� | 
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| | d.transportation and temporary storage of HHG as in Chapter 8;� | 
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| | e.miscellaneous expense allowance as in Chapter 9; | 
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| | f.transportation of a mobile home instead of HHG transportation as in Chapter 10;� | 
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| | g.transportation of POV(s) as in Chapter 11;� | 
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| | h.property management services as in Chapter 15; and� | 
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| | i.relocation income tax allowance as in Chapter 16. | 
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| | 2. Discretionary Allowances.� | 
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| | The employee may be authorized: | 
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| | a.a househunting trip as in par. C4107; and� | 
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| | b.subsistence while occupying temporary quarters as in Chapter 13. | 
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| | 3.During Assignment. | 
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| | a.NTS of HHG When Necessary. | 
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| | HHG may be in NTS for the duration of the TCS.� See par. C8001-B3f for place of storage.� The total weight of HHG stored plus the weight of HHG transported shall not exceed 18,000 pounds. | 
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| | b.Property Management Services for the Employee�s Residence at the Old PDS for the Duration of the TCS.� | 
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| | See Chapter 15. | 
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| | 4.Upon Assignment Completion.� | 
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| | The employee is entitled to all of the allowances in subpars. 1 and 2, except property management services (subpar 1h.) and the house hunting trip (subpar. 2a.) when returning to the original PDS upon completion of long-term temporary assignment. | 
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| | E.� Temporary Official Station Becomes PDS.� | 
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| | TCS allowance entitlement stops beginning the day the temporary official station becomes the PDS.� The following allowances are payable when the temporary official station becomes the PDS: | 
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| | 1.travel, including per diem as in par. C4553-B3 for employee and Chapter 7 for dependents who relocated to temporary official station for one round-trip between the temporary official station and old PDS;� | 
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| | 2.transportation and per diem as inChapter 7for one-way travel from the old PDS for those dependents not previously relocated to the temporary official station;� | 
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| | 3.subsistence while occupying temporary quarters as in Chapter 13 may be authorized in extraordinary circumstance;� | 
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| | 4.real estate expense as in Chapter 14;� | 
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| | 5.residence-related relocation services expenses as in Chapter 15;� | 
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| | 6.property management expenses as in Chapter 15;�� | 
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| | 7.transportation of HHG not previously transported to the temporary official station (18,000 pounds maximum applies);� | 
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