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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 32: Contract Financing › Subpart 32.4

FAR 32.404 Exclusions.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This section lists advance payment situations that are excluded from the rules in this subpart. It matters because if a contractor's advance payment falls into one of these categories, the standard advance payment requirements in this subpart do not apply.

Applies to: Advance payments authorized by law for the listed purposes

Key terms: advance payments · foreign countries · agency procedures · statutory authority

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

(a) This subpart does not apply to advance payments authorized by law for—

(1) Rent;

(2) Tuition;

(3) Insurance premiums;

(4) Expenses of investigations in foreign countries;

(5) Extension or connection of public utilities for Government buildings or installations;

(6) Subscriptions to publications;

(7) Purchases of supplies or services in foreign countries, if—

(i) The purchase price does not exceed $20,000 (or equivalent amount of the applicable foreign currency); and

(ii) The advance payment is required by the laws or government regulations of the foreign country concerned;

(8) Enforcement of the customs or narcotics laws; or

(9) Other types of transactions excluded by agency procedures under statutory authority.

(b) Agencies may issue their own instructions to deal with advance payment items in paragraph (a) above authorized under statutes relevant to their agencies.

Sections that refer to it

← 32.403 Applicability. · 32.405 Applying Pub. L. 85-804 to advance payments under sealed bid contracts. →

Rule changes for FAR Part 32

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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