[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: 48CFR9904.402-50]

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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. 9904.402-50  Techniques for application.

    (a) The Fundamental Requirement is stated in terms of cost incurred 
and is equally applicable to estimates of costs to be incurred as used 
in contract proposals.
    (b) The Disclosure Statement to be submitted by the contractor will 
require that he set forth his cost accounting practices with regard to 
the distinction between direct and indirect costs. In addition, for 
those types of cost which are sometimes accounted for as direct and 
sometimes accounted for as indirect, the contractor will set forth in 
his Disclosure Statement the specific criteria and circumstances for 
making such distinctions. In essence, the Disclosure Statement submitted 
by the contractor, by distinguishing between direct and indirect costs, 
and by describing the criteria and circumstances for allocating those 
items which are sometimes direct and sometimes indirect, will be 
determinative as to whether or not costs are incurred for the same 
purpose. Disclosure Statement as used herein refers to the statement 
required to be submitted by contractors as a condition of contracting as 
set forth in subpart 9903.2.
    (c) In the event that a contractor has not submitted a Disclosure 
Statement, the determination of whether specific costs are directly 
allocable to contracts shall be based upon the contractor's cost 
accounting practices used at the time of contract proposal.
    (d) Whenever costs which serve the same purpose cannot equitably be 
indirectly allocated to one or more final cost objectives in accordance 
with the contractor's disclosed accounting practices, the contractor may 
either:
    (1) Use a method for reassigning all such costs which would provide 
an equitable distribution to all final cost objectives, or
    (2) Directly assign all such costs to final cost objectives with 
which they are specifically identified.

In the event the contractor decides to make a change for either purpose, 
the Disclosure Statement shall be amended to reflect the revised 
accounting practices involved.
    (e) Any direct cost of minor dollar amount may be treated as an 
indirect cost for reasons of practicality where the accounting treatment 
for such cost is consistently applied to all final cost objectives, 
provided that such treatment produces results which are substantially 
the same as the results

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which would have been obtained if such cost had been treated as a direct 
cost.