# OMB raises cost accounting thresholds, aligns CAS 407 with GAAP

The Office of Management and Budget's Federal Procurement Policy Office published two rules on Sept. 1, one raising monetary thresholds for cost accounting standards and the other conforming CAS 407 to generally accepted accounting principles.

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The Office of Management and Budget's Federal Procurement Policy Office published two rules on Sept. 1, one raising monetary thresholds for cost accounting standards and the other conforming CAS 407 to generally accepted accounting principles.[^1][^2]

The threshold rule increases monetary ceilings under the Cost Accounting Standards program.[^1] The second rule brings CAS 407, which governs the use of standard costs for direct material and direct labor, into conformance with generally accepted accounting principles.[^2]

Both rules were published in the Federal Register on Sept. 1.[^1][^2] No dollar figures for the new thresholds were provided in the published rule descriptions.

## What this stands on

1. Management and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office published Rule: Increase of Monetary Thresholds and Other Matters Related to Cost Accounting Standards Program Requirements (2026-09-01). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record)
2. Management and Budget Office; Federal Procurement Policy Office published Rule: Conformance of Cost Accounting Standards to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for CAS 407 Use of Standard Costs for Direct Material and Direct Labor (2026-09-01). (Federal Register, Federal Register, claim on record)

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