[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR9904.402-40]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
     CHAPTER 99--COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD, OFFICE OF FEDERAL 
           PROCUREMENT POLICY, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
 
PART 9904--COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9904.402-40  Fundamental requirement.

    All costs incurred for the same purpose, in like circumstances, are 
either direct costs only or indirect costs only with respect to final 
cost objectives. No final cost objective shall have allocated to it as 
an indirect cost any cost, if other costs incurred for the same purpose, 
in like circumstances, have been included as a direct cost of that or 
any other final cost objective. Further, no final cost objective shall 
have allocated to it as a direct cost any cost, if other costs incurred 
for the same purpose, in like circumstances, have been included in any 
indirect cost pool to be allocated to that or any other final cost 
objective.