Reporting Requirements for Annual Financial Reports of State Agencies and Universities
Pass-Through Activity
Notes to SEFA
Note 10 – 10% de Minimis Indirect Cost Rate
Title 2, Section 200.414(f) of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) allows certain non-federal agencies that never received a negotiated federal indirect cost rate to instead use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate to recover allowable indirect costs for federal grants and cooperative agreements. If the agency elects to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate, the agency must continue to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate for all federal awards until the agency negotiates a cost rate (which the non-federal agency may apply to do at any time).
In the SEFA web application, under the Notes navigation menu, select Note 10 and disclose whether or not the agency elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate:
- Select either Yes or No.
- Enter applicable text in the Comment field.
- Click Save.
Note: Agencies must enter responses for Note 10 in the SEFA web application prior to the final SEFA certification process. If not, the final certification will fail.