48 CFR · Federal Acquisition Regulation and Defense supplement

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12 sections with “disallowed costs”

  • FAR 52.242-3 Penalties for Unallowable Costs.
    …lected costs, the Contractor shall be assessed a penalty equal to— (1) The amount of the disallowed cost allocated to this contract; plus (2) Simple interest, to be computed— (i) On the amount the Contractor was paid (whether as a progre…
  • FAR 42.709-5 Computing interest.
    For 42.709-2(a)(1)(ii), compute interest on any paid portion of the disallowed cost as follows: (a) Consider the overpayment to have occurred, and interest to have begun accumulating, from the midpoint of the contractor's fiscal year. Use …
  • FAR 42.801 Notice of intent to disallow costs.
    …ctor's name and list the numbers of the affected contracts; (3) Describe the costs to be disallowed, including estimated dollar value by item and applicable time periods, and state the reasons for the intended disallowance; (4) Describe t…
  • DFARS 242.803 Disallowing costs after incurrence.
    …ance of DCAA Form 1 on any cost when there is reason to believe it should be suspended or disallowed.
  • FAR 4.804-5 Procedures for closing out contract files.
    …nt clearance report is received; (6) Property clearance is received; (7) All interim or disallowed costs are settled; (8) Price revision is completed; (9) Subcontracts are settled by the prime contractor; (10) Prior year indirect cost …
  • FAR 42.709-2 General.
    … allowability of specific selected costs, the penalty is equal to— (i) The amount of the disallowed costs allocated to contracts that are subject to this section for which an indirect cost proposal has been submitted; plus (ii) Interest o…
  • FAR 42.704 Billing rates.
    …t the proposed indirect cost rates, as approved by the Government to reflect historically disallowed amounts from prior years' audits, until the proposal has been audited and settled. The historical decrement will be determined by either th…
  • FAR 42.705-1 Contracting officer determination procedure.
    …conciliation of all costs questioned, with identification of items and amounts allowed or disallowed in the final settlement as well as the disposition of period costing or allocability issues, (C) reasons why any recommendations of the au…
  • FAR 42.709-4 Assessing the penalty.
    …ng payment of the penalty is separate from demanding repayment of any paid portion of the disallowed cost.)
  • FAR 49.303-1 Submission of settlement proposal.
    …O authorizes otherwise. The proposal shall not include costs that have been— (a) Finally disallowed by the contracting officer; or (b) Previously vouchered and formally questioned by the Government but not yet decided as to allowability.
  • FAR 49.303-5 Final settlement.
    …r under the terminated contract. However, no amount shall be allowed for any item of cost disallowed by the Government, nor for any other item of cost of the same nature. (d) If an overall settlement of costs is agreed upon, agreement on e…
  • FAR 49.603-3 Cost-reimbursement contracts—complete termination, if settlement includes cost.
    …mounts and describe the claims on which the Contracting Officer has made findings and has disallowed and on which the Contractor has taken, or intends to take, timely appeal.] (xii) Unresolved demands or assertions by the Contractor agains…

FAR (chapter 1)

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