[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: 48CFR9904.401-60]

[Page 331]
 
            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
     CHAPTER 99--COST ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD, OFFICE OF FEDERAL 
           PROCUREMENT POLICY, OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
 
Sec. 9904.401-60  Illustrations.

    (a) The following examples are illustrative of applications of cost 
accounting practices which are deemed to be consistent.

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                                          Practices used in accumulating
 Practices used in estimating costs for  and reporting costs of contract
               proposals                           performance
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1. Contractor estimates an average       1. Contractor records
 direct labor rate for manufacturing      manufacturing direct labor
 direct labor by labor category or        based on actual cost for each
 function.                                individual and collects such
                                          costs by labor category or
                                          function.
2. Contract estimates an average cost    2. Contractor records actual
 for minor standard hardware items,       cost for minor standard
 including nuts, bolts, washers, etc.     hardware items based upon
                                          invoices or material transfer
                                          slips.
3. Contractor uses an estimated rate     3. Contractor accounts for
 for manufacturing overhead to be         manufacturing overhead by
 applied to an estimated direct labor     individual items of cost which
 base. He identifies the items included   are accumulated in a cost pool
 in his estimate of manufacturing         allocated to final cost
 overhead and provides supporting data    objectives on a direct labor
 for the estimated direct labor base.     base.
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    (b) The following examples are illustrative of application of cost 
accounting practices which are deemed not to be consistent.

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                                          Practices used in accumulating
Practices used for estimating costs for  and reporting costs of contract
               proposals                           performance
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4. Contractor estimates a total dollar   4. Contractor accounts for
 amount for engineering labor which       engineering labor by cost
 includes disparate and significant       function, i.e. drafting,
 elements or functions of engineering     designing, production,
 labor. Contractor does not provide       engineering, etc.
 supporting data reconciling this
 amount to the estimates for the same
 engineering labor cost functions for
 which he will separately account in
 contract performance.
5. Contractor estimates engineering      5. Contractor accumulates total
 labor by cost function, i.e. drafting,   engineering labor in one
 production engineering, etc.             undifferentiated account.
6. Contractor estimates a single dollar  6. Contractor records
 amount for machining cost to cover       separately the actual costs of
 labor, material and overhead.            machining labor and material
                                          as direct costs, and factory
                                          overhead as indirect costs.
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