[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR9904.401-40]

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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
 
Sec. 9904.401-40  Fundamental requirement.

    (a) A contractor's practices used in estimating costs in pricing a 
proposal shall be consistent with his cost accounting practices used in 
accumulating and reporting costs.
    (b) A contractor's cost accounting practices used in accumulating 
and reporting actual costs for a contract shall be consistent with his 
practices used in estimating costs in pricing the related proposal.
    (c) The grouping of homogeneous costs in estimates prepared for 
proposal purposes shall not per se be deemed an inconsistent application 
of cost accounting practices under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this 
section when such costs are accumulated and reported in greater detail 
on an actual cost basis during contract performance.