41 C.F.R. Subpart A—General Rules for the Employee
Title 41 - Public Contracts and Property Management
Note to subpart A: Use of pronouns “I”, “you”, and their variants throughout this subpart refers to the employee. “Property management services” are programs provided by private companies for a fee, which help an employee to manage his/her residence at the old official station as a rental property. These services typically include, but are not limited to, obtaining a tenant, negotiating the lease, inspecting the property regularly, managing repairs and maintenance, enforcing lease terms, collecting the rent, paying the mortgage and other carrying expenses from rental proceeds and/or funds of the employee, and accounting for the transactions and providing periodic reports to the employee. The purpose of the allowance for property management services is reduce overall Government relocation costs when used instead of sale of the employee's residence at Government expense. When authorized in connection with an employee's transfer to a foreign area post of duty, relieve the employee of the costs of maintaining a home in the United States while stationed at a foreign area post of duty. Yes, you are eligbile for payment for property management services when: (a) You transfer in the interest of the Government; and (b) You and/or a member(s) of your immediate family hold(s) title to a residence which you are eligible to sell at Government expense under part 302–11 or part 302–12 of this chapter. New appointees, employees assigned under the Government Employees Training Act (5 U.S.C. 4109), and employees transferring wholly outside the United States are not eligible for payment for property management services. However, relocations wholly outside the United States do not affect previously authorized property management services as long as the employee continues to meet the requirements of §302–15.6 and any other conditions established by the agency. No, your agency is not required to authorize payment for property management services. However, your agency determines: (a) When you meet the conditions set forth in §302–15.3; (b) When to authorize payment for these services; and (c) What procedures you must follow when it authorizes such payment. (a) For a relocation to an official station in the United States, your agency may authorize payment under this part when: (1) You are being returned from a foreign area post of duty to a different official station than the one from which you were transferred for your foreign tour of duty; (2) Your agency has determined that property management services is more advantageous and cost effective for the Government than having to sell your residence; (3) You have signed a service agreements; and (4) You meet any additional conditions that your agency has established. (b) For relocations to official stations outside the United States, your agency will authorize payment under this part when you meet conditions set forth in paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this section. Under this part, payment may be authorized only for your residence at the last official station in the United States from which you transferred. You are not obligated to use your authorized property management services allowance. You have the option of choosing to sell your residence at Government expense or to use the property management services allowance. No, you are not required to repay any property management expenses paid by your agency if you elect to sell your former residence in the United States when transferred from your post of duty to an official station in the United States. The authority for your agency to pay for property management services under this part when you are transferred to a foreign post of duty arises from your transfer to the foreign post of duty. It is separate from, and in addition to, the authority to sell your residence at Government expense when you are transferred to an official station in the United States other than the official station from which you were transferred to the foreign post of duty. Your agency may pay: (a) For transfers within the United States for a period not to exceed 2 years from your effective date of transfer, with up to a 2-year extension, under the same conditions required in §302–11.21 of this chapter; or (b) From the time you transfer to a foreign area post of duty until you: (1) Transfer back to an official station in the United States; or (2) Complete a service agreement at your post of duty and remain there, but do not sign a new service agreement; or (3) Separate from Government service. Yes, you may change your selection from receiving property management expenses to selling your residence at Government expense provided: (a) Your agency allows you to change your election of payment from property management expenses to the sale of your residence at Government expense; and (b) Payment for sale of your residence at Government expense is offset in accordance with your agency's policy established under §302–15.70(d). You must sign a new service agreement (see §302–2.13 of this chapter) to continue to this benefit. When your agency pays for your property management services, you will be taxed on the amount of expenses your agency pays for property management services whether it reimburses you directly or whether it pays a relocation service company to manage your residence. Your agency must pay you a relocation income tax (RIT) allowance for the additional Federal, State and local income taxes you incur on property management expenses it reimburses you or pays on your behalf. Note to
Title 41: Public Contracts and Property Management
PART 302–15—ALLOWANCE FOR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Subpart A—General Rules for the Employee
§ 302-15.1 What are property management services?
§ 302-15.2 What are the purposes of the allowance for property management services?
§ 302-15.3 Am I eligible for payment for property management services under this part?
§ 302-15.4 Who is not eligible for payment for property management services?
§ 302-15.5 Is my agency required to authorize payment for property management services?
§ 302-15.6 Under what circumstances may my agency authorize payment under this part?
§ 302-15.7 For what property may my agency authorize payment under this part?
§ 302-15.8 When my agency authorizes payment for me under this part, am I obligated to use such services, or may I elect instead to sell my residence at Government expense?
§ 302-15.9 Must I repay property management expenses my agency paid under this part if I elect to sell my former residence in the United States at Government expense when I am transferred from my current foreign post of duty to an official station in the United States other than the one I left?
§ 302-15.10 How long may my agency pay under this part?
§ 302-15.11 If my agency authorized, and I elected to receive, payment for property management expenses, may I later elect to sell my residence at Government expense?
§ 302-15.12 If my agency is paying for property management services under this part and my service agreement expires, what must I do to ensure that payment for property management services continues?
§ 302-15.13 What are the income tax consequences when my agency pays for my property management services?
