48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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9 sections with “Expressly unallowable cost”

  • FAR 31.201-6 Accounting for unallowable costs.
    (a) Costs that are expressly unallowable or mutually agreed to be unallowable, including mutually agreed to be unallowable directly associated costs, shall be identified and excluded from any billing, claim, or proposal applicable to a Gove…
  • FAR 52.242-3 Penalties for Unallowable Costs.
    …Contracting Officer determines that a cost submitted by the Contractor in its proposal is expressly unallowable under a cost principle in the FAR, or an executive agency supplement to the FAR, that defines the allowability of specific selec…
  • FAR 42.709-6 Waiver of the penalty.
    … the proposal which are subject to the penalty is $10,000 or less (i.e., if the amount of expressly or previously determined unallowable costs which would be allocated to the contracts specified in 42.709-1(b) is $10,000 or less); or (c) T…
  • FAR 52.242-4 Certification of Final Indirect Costs.
    …ndirect cost rates will apply; and 2. This proposal does not include any costs which are expressly unallowable under applicable cost principles of the FAR or its supplements. (End of clause)
  • FAR 31.001 Definitions.
    …ecasting a future result in terms of cost, based upon information available at the time. Expressly unallowable cost means a particular item or type of cost which, under the express provisions of an applicable law, regulation, or contract, …
  • FAR 31.205-19 Insurance and indemnification.
    …fronting company charges for services rendered. (3) Actual losses are unallowable unless expressly provided for in the contract, except— (i) Losses incurred under the nominal deductible provisions of purchased insurance, in keeping with s…
  • FAR 42.709-2 General.
    …lowing penalties apply to contracts covered by this section: (1) If the indirect cost is expressly unallowable under a cost principle in the FAR, or an executive agency supplement to the FAR, that defines the allowability of specific selec…
  • FAR 42.709-4 Assessing the penalty.
    …ting officer shall— (a) Assess the penalty in 42.709-2(a)(1), when the submitted cost is expressly unallowable under a cost principle in the FAR or an executive agency supplement that defines the allowability of specific selected costs; or…
  • FAR 52.203-12 Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions.
    …r requirements in the actual award documents. (3) Only those communications and services expressly authorized by paragraphs (c)(1) and (2) of this clause are permitted. (d) Disclosure. (1) If the Contractor did not submit OMB Standard For…

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Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Rule changes in progress: FAR, DFARS. Terms: glossary.