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§302-3.400 What is a “temporary change of station (TCS)”?
(a) An individual who is employed with the Federal Government for the very first time (including an individual who has performed transition activities under section 3 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and is appointed in the same fiscal year as the Presidential inauguration);
Table A—Assigned to First Official Station in the Continental United States (CONUS)
1. Transportation of employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Shipment of privately owned vehicle (POV) (part 302-9, subpart B of this chapter).
2. Per diem for employee only (part 302-4 of this chapter)
3. Transportation & temporary storage of household goods (part 302-7 of this chapter)
4. Extended storage of household goods (part 302-8 of this chapter)1
5. Transportation of a mobile home or boat used as a primary residence in lieu of the transportation of household goods (part 302-10 of this chapter)
1Note to Column 1, Item 4: Only when assigned to a designated isolated official station in CONUS.
Table B—Assigned to First Official Station Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS)
Generally, you may not be reimbursed for relocation expenses incurred before you have been appointed to a Federal position and signed an agreement to remain in Government service for 12 months after appointment. However there is an exception for appointees who have performed Presidential transition activities. Such appointees may be reimbursed allowable travel and transportation expenses incurred at any time following the most recent Presidential election once they have signed a service agreement. However, appointment must occur in the same fiscal year as the Presidential transition activities.
Table A—Transfer Between Official Stations in the Continental United States (CONUS)
1. Transportation & per diem for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Househunting per diem & transportation, employee & spouse only (part 302-5 of this chapter).
2. Miscellaneous moving expense (part 302-16 of this chapter) 2. Temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) (part 302-6 of this chapter).
3. Sell or buy residence transactions or lease termination expenses (part 302-11 of this chapter) 3. Shipment of privately owned vehicle (POV) (part 302-9, subpart B of this chapter).
4. Transportation & temporary storage of household goods (part 302-7 of this chapter) 4. Use of a relocation services company (part 302-12 of this chapter).
5. Extended storage of household goods (part 302-8 of this chapter)1 5. Property management services (part 302-15 of this chapter).
6. Transportation of a mobile home or boat used as a primary residence in lieu of the transportation of household goods (part 302-10 of this chapter) 6. Home marketing incentives (part 302-14 of this chapter).
7. Relocation income tax allowance (RITA) (part 302-17 of this chapter)
1Note to Column 1, Item 5: Only when assigned to a designated isolated official station in CONUS.
Table B—Transfer From CONUS to an Official Station Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS)
1. Transportation & per diem for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) is not authorized in a foreign area, however, you may be entitled to the following under the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) (Government Civilians-Foreign Areas):
(a) A Foreign Transfer Allowance (FTA) for quarters occupied temporarily before departure from the 50 states or the District of Columbia for an official station in a foreign area incident to a permanent change of station and travel to first official station overseas.
2. Miscellaneous expense allowance (part 302-16 of this chapter) 2. Property management services (part 302-15 of this chapter).
3. Transportation & temporary storage of household goods (part 302-7 this chapter) 3. Shipment of a privately owned vehicle (part 302-9 of this chapter).
4. Extended storage of household goods (part 302-8 of this chapter) 4. Use of relocation service companies when transfer is to Alaska or Hawaii (part 302-12 of this chapter).
5. Relocation income tax allowance (RITA) (part 302-17 of this chapter)1 5. Home marketing incentives when transfer is to Alaska or Hawaii (part 301.15 of this chapter).
1Note to Column 1, item 5. Allowed when old and new official stations are located in the United States. Also allowed when instead of being returned to the former non-foreign area official station, an employee is transferred in the interest of the Government to a different non-foreign area official station than from the official station from which transferred when assigned to the foreign official station.
Table C—Transfer From OCONUS Official Station to an Official Station in CONUS
1. Transportation & per diem for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Shipment of a privately owned vehicle (part 302-9 of this chapter).
2. Temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) (part 302-6 of this chapter)1
3. Miscellaneous expense allowance (part 302-16 of this chapter)
4. Sell & buy residence transaction expenses or lease termination expenses (part 302-11 of this chapter)2
5. Transportation & temporary storage of household goods (part 302-7 of this chapter)
6. Extended storage of household goods only when assigned to a designated isolated official station in CONUS (part 302-8 of this chapter)
Table D—Transfer Between OCONUS Official Stations
1. Transportation & per diem for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Shipment of a privately owned vehicle (POV) (part 302-9 of this chapter).
2. Temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) (part 302-6 of this chapter)1 2. Property management services (part 302-15 of this chapter).
4. Miscellaneous expense allowance (part 302-16 of this chapter)
5. Extended storage of household goods (part 302-8 of this chapter)
6. Relocation income tax allowance (RITA) (part 302-17 of this chapter)
1Note to Column 1, item 2: TQSA may be authorized under the DSSR.
Table E—Tour Renewal Agreement Travel
1. Transportation for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter)
Table F—Return From OCONUS Official Station to Place of Actual Residence for Separation
1. Transportation for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Shipment of a privately owned vehicle (POV) (part 302-9 of this chapter).
Table G—Last Move Home for SES Career Appointees Upon Separation
1. Transportation for employee & immediate family member(s) part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Shipment of privately owned vehicle (POV) (part 302-9, subpart B of this chapter).
4. Transportation of a mobile home or boat used as a primary residence in lieu of the transportation of household goods (part 302-10 of this chapter)
Table H—Temporary Change of Station (TCS)
1. Transportation & per diem for employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter) 1. Househunting trip expenses (part 302-5 of this chapter).
2. Miscellaneous expense allowance (part 302-16 of this chapter) 2. Temporary quarters subsistence expense (TQSE) (part 302-6 of this chapter).
3. Transportation & temporary or extended storage of household goods (parts 302-7 and 302-8 of this chapter) 3. Storage of one privately owned vehicle (POV) when assigned in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1482a (c)(2) (part 302-9 of this chapter).
4. Transportation of a mobile home or boat used as a primary residence in lieu of the transportation of household goods (part 302-10 of this chapter) 4. Property management services (part 302-15 of this chapter).
5. Transportation of a privately owned vehicle (POV)(part 302-9 of this chapter)
Table I—Assignment Under the Government Employees Training Act (5 U.S.C. 4109)1
1. Transportation of employee & immediate family member(s) (part 302-4 of this chapter).
2. Per Diem for employee (part 302-4 of this chapter).
3. Movement of household goods & temporary storage (part 302-7 of this chapter).
1Note to Table I: The allowances listed in Table I may be authorized in lieu of per diem or actual expense allowances. This is not considered a permanent change of station.
[FTR Amdt. 98, 66 FR 58196, Nov. 20, 2001; 67 FR 7219, Feb. 15, 2002, as amended by FTR Amdt. 108, 67 FR 57969, Sept. 13, 2002; 67 FR 65321, Oct. 24, 2002; FTR Amdt. 2011-06, 76 FR 71889, Nov. 21, 2011]
Yes, if you and an immediate family member(s) are both employees and are transferring to the same official station in the interest of the Government, the allowances under this chapter apply either to;
(b) Only one of the employees considered as head of the household and the other is eligible as an immediate family member(s) on the first employee's TA.
No, when separate allowances are authorized under this §302-3.201, the employing agency or agencies shall not make duplicate reimbursement for the same claimed expenses.
(a) Section 302-3.2 if you are a new appointee; or
(b) Section 302-3.101 if you are a transferred employee.
Overseas tour renewal travel refers to travel of you and your immediate family returning to your home in the continental U.S., Alaska, or Hawaii between overseas tours of duty. See §302-2.222 for travel to an actual place of residence in other than the United States.
An overseas tour of duty is an assignment to a post of duty outside the continental United States, Alaska or Hawaii.
An allowance for overseas tour renewal travel is a reimbursement for you and your immediate family of roundtrip travel and transportation expenses between your overseas post of duty and your actual place of residence in the U.S.
For tour renewal travel, you will receive payment for those authorized expenses as stated in item five of Tables A and B of §302-3.101.
(a) You will continue to serve consecutive tours of duty within the same state from which you're traveling, and on September 8, 1982 you were:
(c) You are traveling due to your agency's mission to recruit or retain you as an employee to fulfill a position that requires a special skilled employee or to fill a position in a remote area.
Your dependent who turned 21 while overseas is entitled to return travel to your place of actual residence at the expense of the Government only if your dependent traveled overseas as your dependent under your TA, but not beyond the end of your current agreed tour of duty.
(3) Is not covered in paragraphs (a) or (b) of this section; or
If you meet the conditions in §302-3.307, see item 7 of Tables A and C in §302.3.101.
(2) You were within 5 years of eligibility to receive an annuity for optional retirement under one of the authorities in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; or
(3) You were eligible to receive an annuity based on discontinued service retirement or early voluntary retirement under an OPM authorization, under section 8336(d) of subchapter III of chapter 83, or under 8414(b) of subchapter II of chapter 84 of title 5, U.S.C.;
(d) You are eligible to receive an annuity upon separation (or, in the case of death, you met the requirements for being considered eligible to receive an annuity, as of the date of death) under the provisions of subchapter III of chapter 83 (CSRS) or chapter 84 (FERS) of title 5, U.S.C., including an annuity based on optional retirement, discontinued service retirement, early voluntary retirement under an OPM authorization, or disability retirement; and
A TCS provides agencies an alternative to a long-term temporary duty travel assignment which will increase your satisfaction and enhance morale, reduce your income tax liability, and save the Government money.
(d) Reimbursement for the cost of storing, or providing for the storage without charge, of one POV when assigned a TCS in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)(2) and under part 302-9 of this chapter.
[FTR Amdt. 98, 66 FR 58196, Nov. 20, 2001, as amended by FTR Amdt. 2011-06, 76 FR 71889, Nov. 21, 2011]
(b) Transportation and temporary or extended storage of your household goods under part 302-7 and 302-8 of this chapter;
(e) Transportation of a privately owned vehicle(s) under part of this chapter; and
(b) When you will authorize separate relocation allowances to an employee and an employee's immediate family member that are both transferring to the same official station;
(c) When you will grant an employee and/or the employee's immediate family member(s) an extension on beginning separation travel;
(i) When you will pay for the cost of storing, or provide for the storage without charge, of one POV when an employee is assigned a TCS in support of a contingency operation as defined in 10 U.S.C. 1482a(c)(2) and under part 302-9 of this chapter.
(b) Tax considerations. An employee who performs a temporary duty travel assignment exceeding one year at a single location is subject to income taxation of his/her travel expense reimbursements. The Withholding Tax Allowance and the Extended TDY Tax Reimbursement Allowance allow for the reimbursement of Federal, state, and local income taxes incurred as a result of taxable extended temporary duty assignments (see §§301-11.601—301-11.605 of this Subtitle). An employee who is authorized and performs a TCS also will be subject to income taxation of some, but not all, of his/her TCS expenses. You will pay an offsetting Relocation Income Tax (RIT) allowance on an employee's TCS expense reimbursements; and
(c) Employee concerns. The long-term assignment of an employee away from his/her official station and immediate family may negatively affect the employee's morale and job performance. Such negative effects may be alleviated by authorizing a TCS so the employee can transport his/her immediate family and/or household goods at Government expense to the location where he/she will perform the long-term assignment. You should consider the effects of a long-term temporary duty travel assignment on an employee when deciding whether to authorize a TCS.
(b) The employee's effective date of transfer or appointment;
(c) The employee's actual place of residence at the time of appointment;
(e) Detailed information regarding the employee's obligation to repay funds spent on his/her relocation as a debt due the Government if the service agreement is violated;
(f) The employee's agreed period of time (see §302-3.505) to remain in service; and
(g) The employee's signature accepting the terms of the agreement.
(a) Establish the employee's actual place of residence at the time of appointment and state it in his/her service agreement;
(b) Use guidance in 8 U.S.C. 1101(33) which states that “The term residence means the place of general abode; the place of general abode of a person means his principal, actual dwelling place in fact, without regard to intent”, for establishing places of residence; and
(d) The divorce or annulment of the employee's marriage; or
(e) A dependent that traveled to post of duty on the employee's authorized TA and has now reached his/her 21st birthdate.