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<tr> <td width="798px" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Home Service Transfer Allowance</span></b></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; margin: 0in 0in 0pt" align="center"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><br>Home Service Transfer Allowance (HSTA): </span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">The purpose of the HSTA is to help defray an employee's extraordinary but necessary and reasonable costs when they transfer from a foreign post to a post in the United States. To qualify for the allowance, the employee must sign the attestation in</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> <a title="DSSR" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=86">DSSR</a> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">2</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">52.6b, stating that they agree to complete 12 months of USG service after they transfer to the U.S. The HSTA is also available to family members who relocate to the U.S. following the death of an employee assigned to a foreign area.</span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">The HSTA is similar to the<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)"><a title="Foreign transfer allowance (fta)" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=86">Foreign Transfer Allowance (FTA)</a></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">because it also has five portions: </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> a miscellaneous expense portion (DSSR 252.1), a wardrobe portion (DSSR 252.2), a subsistence expense portion (DSSR 252.3), </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 700;">a lease penalty expense portion (DSSR 252.4)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 700;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">and a pet shipment and required quarantine expense portion (DSSR 252.5).</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br>For the subsistence expense portion, agencies may choose whether to use either "</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Actual-Expense Reimbursement Method - Agency Method #1" </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">or </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> "Partial-Flat-Rate Reimbursement Method - Agency Method #2".  </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">In addition to either Method #1 or #2, an agency may</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"> offer to employees the optional</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> "Fixed- Amount Reimbursement Method."  </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">If the optional method is offered by an agency the employee may choose which method they want to use.  Please check your agency's implementing regulations for guidance on which method(s) of reimbursement your agency offers.  <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Note: These calculations differ from reimbursements under</span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span><a title="FTA" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=86">FTA</a><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">. <br></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">For </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 700;">Actual-Expense Reimbursement Method - Agency Method #1 </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">and </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 700;">Partial-Flat-Rate Reimbursement Method - Agency Method #2</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">:</span>  (1) if the U.S. post of assignment is in the continental U.S. (CONUS) the standard CONUS per diem rate is used; (2) if the U.S. post of assignment is outside the continental U.S. (OCONUS) then the per diem of that location (Alaska, Hawaii, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, etc.) is used.   For the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-weight: 700;">Fixed- Amount Reimbursement Method </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">the per diem of the U.S. post of assignment (whether CONUS or OCONUS) always applies. </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><a title="DSSR" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=86">DSSR</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">52.3 explains how to make calculations under the actual expense reimbursement method and the fixed amount reimbursement system. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">See</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 128);"><a title="DSSR" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=282&menu_id=86">DSSR</a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://aoprals.state.gov/content.asp?content_id=248&menu_id=78"> </a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">2</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">50, <a title="3 fam 3231" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="https://fam.state.gov/fam/03fam/03fam3230.html#M3231">3 FAM 3231</a> and DSSR 960</span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">HSTA Worksheet for further information on the HSTA. </span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br></span></p><div><div style="text-align: center;">***********</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: yellow;">For State Department guidance on HSTA changes see 23 STATE 46708 dated 4/28/2023, Subject:  Transfer Allowance Modernization to Support the Workforce</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700;"><br></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: yellow;"><br></span></div><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">FORMS:<br></span></span><b style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: calibri, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br></span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><a title="SF-1190" style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="http://www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/115694">SF-1190</a> (07/2009)<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span>- Foreign Allowances Application, Grant and Report</span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">DSSR 960 HSTA Worksheet</span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><b><br></b></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><br></p><p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RESOURCES:<br><br></span></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)"><a title="FAQ" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="/content.asp?content_id=168&menu_id=75">FAQ</a></span> </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">-</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"> Home Service Transfer Allowance<br></span><span minor-latin;="" ar-sa;="" en-us;="" calibri;="" new="" 115%;="" 11pt;="" ?calibri?,?sans-serif?;="" roman?;="" minor-bidi?="" ?times="" font-family:="" line-height:="" mso-bidi-font-family:="" mso-fareast-font-family:="" mso-ansi-language:="" mso-fareast-language:="" mso-bidi-language:="" mso-ascii-theme-font:="" mso-fareast-theme-font:="" mso-hansi-theme-font:="" mso-bidi-theme-font:=""><b><span 10pt;="" 115%?="" ?arial?,?sans-serif?;="" font-family:="" line-height:=""><br></span></b></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><a title="Foreign service assignment notebook" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/tc/c49274.htm">Foreign Service Assignment Notebook</a></span></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif"><br></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Have questions about calculating your HSTA amount or if you're authorized? Need amendments to your orders? Contact your<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><span 10pt;="" 115%?="" ?arial?,?sans-serif?;="" font-family:="" line-height:=""><a title="GTM assignment technician" style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,128)" href="https://usdos.sharepoint.com/sites/Intranet-HR/offices/EX/Divisions/AdministrativeDivision/Pages/default.aspx"> GTM Assignment Technician</a></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">! </span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br></span></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%">Need to submit a HSTA claim? See </span><a title="PCS travel claim center" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0,0,128); line-height: 115%" href="https://hrweb.hr.state.sbu/PRD/TravelVoucher/Default.aspx">PCS Travel Claim Center</a></p> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><br></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif">Have questions about your HSTA claim? Contact<span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; LINE-HEIGHT: 16px"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 15px"><a title="Employee claims customer service" style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; color: rgb(0,0,128)" href="mailto:EmployeeClaims@state.gov">Employee Claims Customer Service</a></span></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, sans-serif; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%"><br><br><br></span></p></td> <td>   </td> </tr> </table> </table></table> </tbody></table> </p> </div> </div> </main>  <div class="row collapse"> <div class="small-12 columns">  <footer role="contentinfo" class="l-footer">  <div class="row collapse"> <div class="small-12 columns"> <div class="l-dos-divider text-center"> <img src="./images/dos_divider.png" width="1000" height="100" alt="Image - DOS Divider" /> </div> </div> </div>  </footer>  </div> </div> </div>  </body> </html> <script type="text/javascript" src="/includes/js/federated-analytics.js"></script> </tbody></table>