FAR 52.229-7 - Taxes - Fixed Price Contracts with Foreign Governments
Prescribed in 29.402-1(b) | ||
Effective Date: | 1 February 2013 | |
Clause or Provision: | Clause | |
Provision or Clause Number: | 52.229-7 - Taxes - Fixed Price Contracts with Foreign Governments | |
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; Simplified Acquisition Procedures (Excludes Micro-Purchase) | |
Optional: | Utility Services; Cost Reimbursement, Construction; Cost Reimbursement, Supply; Cost Reimbursement, Service | |
Subject: | ||
ProcurementType: | ||
Contract Threshold: | >150,000 | |
Prescription Overview: |
Prescription(b) The contracting officer shall insert the clause at 52.229-7, Taxes—Fixed-Price Contracts with Foreign Governments, in solicitations and contracts that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold when a fixed-price contract with a foreign government is contemplated. | |
Clause Overview: |
ClauseDefinitions(a) “Contract date,” as used in this clause, means the date set for bid opening or, if this is a negotiated contract or a modification, the effective date of this contract or modification.
Contract Price(b) (1) The contract price, including the prices in any subcontracts under this contract, does not include any tax or duty that the Government of the United States and the Government of ______ [insert name of the foreign government] have agreed shall not apply to expenditures made by the United States in ______ [insert name of country], or any tax or duty not applicable to this contract or any subcontracts under this contract, pursuant to the laws of ______ [insert name of country]. If any such tax or duty has been included in the contract price, through error or otherwise, the contract price shall be correspondingly reduced. (2) Taxes imposed under 26 U.S.C. 5000C may not be included in the contract price.
Adjustment Threshold(d) No adjustment shall be made in the contract price under this clause unless the amount of the adjustment exceeds $250. | |
Important Notes/Requirements: |
For use only in solicitations and fixed-price contracts with a foreign government. For use only in solicitations and fixed-price contracts with a foreign government that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold. | |
Subcontract Threshold: | >150,000 | |
Incorporated by Reference: | Yes | |
Uniform Contract Format: | I | |
Editor: | Marshall |
Personal notes.