1. A. In this chapter, the following words have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Actual costs” means all direct and indirect costs which have been incurred for labor performed, goods delivered, or construction built, as distinguished from allowable costs only.
   2. (2) “Cost objective” means any unit of work such as a function, an organizational subdivision, or a contract for which provision is made to accumulate and measure separately the cost of processes, products, jobs, capitalized projects, and similar items. A final cost objective is one that has allocated to it both direct and indirect costs and, in the contractor's accumulation system, is one of the final accumulation points.

Authority: State Finance and Procurement Article, §§12-101 and 13-213, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: July 1, 1981 (8:13 Md. R. II-5)

Regulations .01, .02, .14C, .18, and .23 amended effective January 9, 1989 (15:27 Md. R. 3138)