U.S. Code of Federal Regulations
Regulations most recently checked for updates: Aug 27, 2025
(a) In calculating the amount of maximum total available fee amount for a one-year period (see 970.1504-104), once the total fee base for the year is determined it is allocated to one or more of the three fee schedules based upon the type of effort. The three types of efforts are: Production; R&D; and EM. Each fee schedule provides a fee subtotal (see steps 2 and 3 in 970.1504-104(b)(2) and (3)).
(b) The three schedules are:
Table 1 to Paragraph (
| Fee base (dollars) | Fee dollars | Fee
(percent) | Incr.
(percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to $1 Million | 7.66 | ||
| 1,000,000 | $76,580 | 7.66 | 6.78 |
| 3,000,000 | 212,236 | 7.07 | 6.07 |
| 5,000,000 | 333,670 | 6.67 | 4.90 |
| 10,000,000 | 578,726 | 5.79 | 4.24 |
| 15,000,000 | 790,962 | 5.27 | 3.71 |
| 25,000,000 | 1,161,828 | 4.65 | 3.35 |
| 40,000,000 | 1,663,974 | 4.16 | 2.92 |
| 60,000,000 | 2,247,076 | 3.75 | 2.57 |
| 80,000,000 | 2,761,256 | 3.45 | 2.34 |
| 100,000,000 | 3,229,488 | 3.23 | 1.45 |
| 150,000,000 | 3,952,622 | 2.64 | 1.12 |
| 200,000,000 | 4,510,562 | 2.26 | 0.61 |
| 300,000,000 | 5,117,732 | 1.71 | 0.53 |
| 400,000,000 | 5,647,228 | 1.41 | 0.45 |
| 500,000,000 | 6,097,956 | 1.22 | |
| Over $500,000,000 | 6,097,956 | 0.45 | |
Table 2 to Paragraph (
| Fee base (dollars) | Fee dollars | Fee
(percent) | Incr.
(percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to $1 Million | 8.42 | ||
| 1,000,000 | $84,238 | 8.42 | 7.00 |
| 3,000,000 | 224,270 | 7.48 | 6.84 |
| 5,000,000 | 361,020 | 7.22 | 6.21 |
| 10,000,000 | 671,716 | 6.72 | 5.71 |
| 15,000,000 | 957,250 | 6.38 | 4.85 |
| 25,000,000 | 1,441,892 | 5.77 | 4.22 |
| 40,000,000 | 2,075,318 | 5.19 | 3.69 |
| 60,000,000 | 2,813,768 | 4.69 | 3.27 |
| 80,000,000 | 3,467,980 | 4.33 | 2.69 |
| 100,000,000 | 4,006,228 | 4.01 | 1.69 |
| 150,000,000 | 4,850,796 | 3.23 | 1.14 |
| 200,000,000 | 5,420,770 | 2.71 | 0.66 |
| 300,000,000 | 6,083,734 | 2.03 | 0.58 |
| 400,000,000 | 6,667,930 | 1.67 | 0.50 |
| 500,000,000 | 7,172,264 | 1.43 | |
| Over $500,000,000 | 7,172,264 | 0.50 | |
Table 3 to Paragraph (
| Fee base (dollars) | Fee dollars | Fee
(percent) | Incr.
(percent) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to $1 Million | 7.33 | ||
| 1,000,000 | $73,298 | 7.33 | 6.49 |
| 3,000,000 | 203,120 | 6.77 | 5.95 |
| 5,000,000 | 322,118 | 6.44 | 5.40 |
| 10,000,000 | 592,348 | 5.92 | 4.83 |
| 15,000,000 | 833,654 | 5.56 | 4.03 |
| 25,000,000 | 1,236,340 | 4.95 | 3.44 |
| 40,000,000 | 1,752,960 | 4.38 | 3.29 |
| 60,000,000 | 2,411,890 | 4.02 | 3.10 |
| 80,000,000 | 3,032,844 | 3.79 | 2.49 |
| 100,000,000 | 3,530,679 | 3.53 | 1.90 |
| 150,000,000 | 4,479,366 | 2.99 | 1.48 |
| 200,000,000 | 5,2197924 | 2.61 | 1.12 |
| 300,000,000 | 6,337,250 | 2.11 | 0.88 |
| 400,000,000 | 7,219,046 | 1.80 | 0.75 |
| 500,000,000 | 7,972,396 | 1.59 | 0.58 |
| 750,000,000 | 9,423,463 | 1.26 | 0.55 |
| 1,000,000,000 | 10,786,788 | 1.08 | |
| Over $1 Billion | 10,786,788 | 0.55 | |
