48 CFR § 32.608-1 - 32.608-1 Interest charges.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s32.608-1"
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title: "48 CFR § 32.608-1 - 32.608-1   Interest charges."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "32.608-1"
section_name: "32.608-1   Interest charges."
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS"
part_number: "32"
part_name: "CONTRACT FINANCING"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "41 U.S.C. 1121(b); 40 U.S.C. 121(c); 10 U.S.C. chapter 4 and 10 U.S.C. chapter 137 legacy provisions (see 10 U.S.C. 3016); and 51 U.S.C. 20113."
regulatory_source: "48 FR 42328, Sept. 19, 1983, unless otherwise noted."
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# 32.608-1 32.608-1   Interest charges.

Unless specified otherwise in the clause at 52.232-17, Interest, interest charges shall apply to any contract debt unpaid after 30 days from the issuance of a demand unless—

(a) The contract is a kind excluded under 32.611; or

(b) The contract or debt has been exempted from interest charges under agency procedures.