General Provisions For Selected Items of Cost
This section covers permissible and nonpermissible costs involved in a project. To simplify, the following costs are allowed (within the circular guidelines):
- Advertising and Public relations
- Reasonable civil defense costs
- Communication costs
- Salaries, Wages, fringe benefits and those acceptable criteria
- Equipment and Asset and Services Rendered, with exceptions
- Travel
Anything outside the scope of these costs is typically not allowed unless it falls under one of the specifically mentioned exceptions within the circular.
Read more about this topic: OMB Circular A-21
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