FAR 52.229-4 - Federal, State, and Local Taxes (State and Local Adjustments)

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Prescribed in 29.401-3

Effective Date:1 February 2013
Clause or Provision:Clause
Provision or Clause Number: 52.229-4 - Federal, State, and Local Taxes (State and Local Adjustments)

Principle Type And/Or Purpose of Contract:
Required:
Applicable:Time and Materials/Labor Hour; Facilities; Architect-Engineering; Dismantling, Demolition or Removal of Improvements; Fixed Price, Supply; Communication Services; Leasing of Motor Vehicles; Time & Material/Labor Hour; Fixed Price, Construction; Fixed Price, Service; Fixed Price, R&D; Indefinite Delivery; Transportation
Optional:Utility Services; Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Excludes Micro-Purchase); Cost Reimbursement, Construction; Cost Reimbursement, Supply; Cost Reimbursement, Service
Subject:Taxes"Taxes" is not in the list of possible values (Commercial Item, Independent Price Determination, Hotline Posters, Whistleblower Protection, Contingent Fees, Specifications/Standards, Leased Vehicles and Equipment, Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions, Contracts, Representations and Certifications, Executive Compensation, Category:Truth In Negotiations Act (TINA), Competition, Delivery or Performance Schedules, Employment/Labor/Wages, Certified Cost or Pricing Data and/or Data other than Certified, Defective Pricing, Data other than Certified, Indirect Rates and/or Incurred Cost Submissions, Bid & Proposal, Small Business, Hazardous Materials, Drug Free Workplace, "Green" Efforts (Printing, Waste Reduction, Pollution, Energy Efficiency), Recovered Material, Safety, Software, Utility Contracts, Contract Changes, Freight and/or Transportation, Termination/Cancellation, Mandatory Disclosure, Definitions, Category:Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), Audit and Records, Illegal or Improper Activity, Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, Definite-Quantity, Indefinite Quantity, or Requirements Contract, Gratuities, Conflicts of Interest, Anti-Kickback, Identity Verification, Approval of Contract, Security, Taxpayer Identification, Women-Owned Business, DUNS/SAM/CCR, Supplies, Equipment, Helium, Mandatory Sources of Supply or Services, Inverted Domestic Corporations, First Article Approval, Responsibility Matters, Market Research, Subcontract(s)/Subcontractor(s), Damages, Priority Rating, Quantity/Quantities, Material, Invoices and Payments, Disadvantaged, Small, Disabled, Veteran or Women Owned or HUBZone Business, Facilities Capital Cost of Money, Post Retirement Benefits and/or Pension, Ownership, Order of Precedence, Performance, Make or Buy, Contract Type, Letter Contract, Award(s), Economic Price Adjustment, Price Redetermination, Fee, Options, Envirnomental, Privacy, Buy American, Foreign, Patents, Licenses, Data Rights, and Royalties, Insurance, Bond, Taxes and/or Duties) for this property.
ProcurementType:
Contract Threshold:
Prescription Overview:

Prescription

(b) In a noncompetitive contract that meets all the conditions in paragraph (a) of this section, the contracting officer may insert the clause at 52.229-4, Federal, State, and Local Taxes (State and Local Adjustments), instead of the clause at 52.229-3, if the price would otherwise include an inappropriate contingency for potential postaward change(s) in State or local taxes.

Clause Overview:

Clause

Definitions

(a) As used in this clause—

“After-imposed tax” means any new or increased Federal, State, or local tax or duty, or tax that was excluded on the contract date but whose exclusion was later revoked or amount of exemption reduced during the contract period, other than an excepted tax, on the transactions or property covered by this contract that the Contractor is required to pay or bear as the result of legislative, judicial, or administrative action taking effect after the contract date.

“After-relieved tax” means any amount of Federal, State, or local tax or duty, other than an excepted tax, that would otherwise have been payable on the transactions or property covered by this contract, but which the Contractor is not required to pay or bear, or for which the Contractor obtains a refund or drawback, as the result of legislative, judicial, or administrative action taking effect after the contract date.

“All applicable Federal, State, and local taxes and duties” means all taxes and duties, in effect on the contract date, that the taxing authority is imposing and collecting on the transactions or property covered by this contract.

“Contract date” means the effective date of this contract and, for any modification to this contract, the effective date of the modification.

“Excepted tax” means social security or other employment taxes, net income and franchise taxes, excess profits taxes, capital stock taxes, transportation taxes, unemployment compensation taxes, and property taxes. “Excepted tax” does not include gross income taxes levied on or measured by sales or receipts from sales, property taxes assessed on completed supplies covered by this contract, or any tax assessed on the Contractor’s possession of, interest in, or use of property, title to which is in the Government.

“Local taxes” includes taxes imposed by a possession or territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, or the Northern Mariana Islands, if the contract is performed wholly or partly in any of those areas.

Price Includes Taxes

(b)

  • (1) Unless otherwise provided in this contract, the contract price includes all applicable Federal, State, and local taxes and duties, except as provided in subparagraph (b)(2)(i) of this clause.
  • (2) Taxes imposed under 26 U.S.C. 5000C may not be—
    • (i) Included in the contract price; nor
    • (ii) Reimbursed.

Price Increases

(c) The contract price shall be increased by the amount of any after-imposed tax, or of any tax or duty specifically excluded from the contract price by a term or condition of this contract that the Contractor is required to pay or bear, including any interest or penalty, if the Contractor states in writing that the contract price does not include any contingency for such tax and if liability for such tax, interest, or penalty was not incurred through the Contractor’s fault, negligence, or failure to follow instructions of the Contracting Officer.

Price Decreases

(d) The contract price shall be decreased by the amount of any after-relieved tax. The Government shall be entitled to interest received by the Contractor incident to a refund of taxes to the extent that such interest was earned after the Contractor was paid by the Government for such taxes. The Government shall be entitled to repayment of any penalty refunded to the Contractor to the extent that the penalty was paid by the Government.


(e) The contract price shall be decreased by the amount of any Federal, State, or local tax, other than an excepted tax, that was included in the contract price and that the Contractor is required to pay or bear, or does not obtain a refund of, through the Contractor’s fault, negligence, or failure to follow instructions of the Contracting Officer.


Adjustment Thresholds

(f) No adjustment shall be made in the contract price under this clause unless the amount of the adjustment exceeds $250.


Contractor Notification Requirements

(g) The Contractor shall promptly notify the Contracting Officer of all matters relating to Federal, State, and local taxes and duties that reasonably may be expected to result in either an increase or decrease in the contract price and shall take appropriate action as the Contracting Officer directs. The contract price shall be equitably adjusted to cover the costs of action taken by the Contractor at the direction of the Contracting Officer, including any interest, penalty, and reasonable attorneys’ fees.


Exemptions

(h) The Government shall furnish evidence appropriate to establish exemption from any Federal, State, or local tax when—

  • (1) The Contractor requests such exemption and states in writing that it applies to a tax excluded from the contract price; and
  • (2) A reasonable basis exists to sustain the exemption.
Important Notes/Requirements:
Subcontract Threshold:
Incorporated by Reference:Yes
Uniform Contract Format:I
Editor:Marshall

Personal notes.