Purpose.

1. Law
2. CFR 48
3. Federal Acquisition Regulations System
4. Cost Accounting Standards Board, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget
5. Procurement Practices and Cost Accounting Standards
6. Cost Accounting Standards
7. Purpose.

9904.420-20 Purpose.

The purpose of this Cost Accounting Standard is to provide criteria for the accumulation of independent research and development costs and bid and proposal costs and for the allocation of such costs to cost objectives based on the beneficial or causal relationship between such costs and cost objectives. Consistent application of these criteria will improve cost allocation.

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