Guide
How do deliveries show up on a Foreign Military Sales bill?
Through delivery reporting. The reports each delivery, service performed and accrued cost on a case to the Defense Finance and Accounting Service; those transactions draw on the purchaser's cash in the , carry the applicable surcharges, and appear line by line in the delivery listing that accompanies the quarterly billing statement — at an estimated price until the actual cost is known.
How do deliveries show up on a Foreign Military Sales bill?
The DoW components report deliveries of materiel and services, contractor , and other related costs to to obtain reimbursement or to report performance under an allotment of . shall report accrued expenditures (work in process [WIP]) and physical deliveries to within thirty days of occurrence (date of shipment or performance) through the delivery transaction prescribed in the Financial Management Regulation, Volume 15. The delivery transaction prompts liquidation of international partner funds collected in advance and maintained in the .
The delivery transactions are submitted by the and are received by . Most of those reports are automatically provided to by the applicable DoW and logistics and financial systems. Other transactions (especially services, , and training) may require manual inputs by the in their applicable execution computer information systems. The delivery transaction provides data enabling , via the , to compute and bill international partners for accrued expenditures including the application of various charges, such as administrative surcharge, surcharge, , transportation, etc.
The delivery reporting transaction identifies accrued MILDEP/ case expenditures for work in process and physical deliveries of inventory/new procurement articles and services. Based on the data contained in the delivery transaction, will compute applicable surcharges and report the transactions to the international partner through the delivery listing attachment to the DD Form 645 Billing Statement.
An “E” price code on the delivery transaction advises the international partner that delivery is at an estimated price, and “A,” actual costs, will be reported at a later date.
Errors in the delivery reporting transactions codes can, and do, occur. Those errors cause serious difficulties in the proper billing of international partners and reimbursement of costs. Delays in submission of delivery transaction reports by the / can also cause multiple issues including: late reporting of transactions to international partners, the erroneous appearance of excessively large international partner balances, and other related problems.
The delivery transaction reports are the source documents for the detailed entries, which appear in the Delivery Listing that accompanies each DD Form 645, Billing Statement.
References
SAMM
- SAMM C9.13.1.1 — Foreign Military Sales Integrated Control System.
- SAMM C9.13.2.1
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Implementing Agency (IA)
The military department or defense agency responsible for the execution of military assistance programs. With respect to FMS, the military department or defense agency assigned responsibility by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to prepare an LOA and to implement an FMS case. The implementing agency is responsible for the overall management of the actions that will result in delivery of the materials or services set forth in the LOA that was accepted by a foreign country or international organization.
SAMM Glossary, as of 12 September 2026
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Trust Fund
A type of account, designated by law as a “trust fund,” regardless of any other meaning of the term “trust fund.” A trust fund account is usually either a receipt, an expenditure, or a revolving fund account (trust revolving fund account).
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Progress Payments
Payments made to a prime contractor during the life of a fixed-price type contract on the basis of a percentage of incurred total costs or total direct labor and material costs.
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DFAS-IN — Defense Finance and Accounting Service - Indianapolis
SAMM Acronyms, as of 12 September 2026
FMS — Foreign Military Sale
SAMM Acronyms, as of 12 September 2026
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Case
A USG Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA), and any subsequent Amendment or Modification, that is the legal instrument used by the USG to transfer defense articles and defense services under the FMS program. See also "FMS" and "LOA."
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Government Furnished Material (GFM)
USG property which may be incorporated into, or attached to an end item to be delivered under a contract or which may be consumed in the performance of a contract. It includes, but is not limited to, raw and processed material, parts, components, assemblies, small tools, and supplies.
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Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)
Items in the possession of, or acquired by the USG, and delivered to or otherwise made available to a contractor.
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Nonrecurring Costs (NC)
Costs funded by a Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation appropriation to develop or improve a product or technology either through contract or in-house effort. NC also includes one-time costs incurred in support of previous production of a specified model and costs incurred in support of a total projected production run. See "Nonrecurring Production Costs" and "Nonrecurring Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Costs."
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Major End Items
Any end item that is Significant Military Equipment or Major Defense Equipment or where control over the programming of these items is required. See also "end item."
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Defense Integrated Financial System (DIFS)
A financial system providing DoD-level financial management functions for the security assistance (SA) program. This includes centralized Foreign Military Sales (FMS) trust fund accounting, foreign customer billing, and financial management reporting. DIFS consolidates FMS data from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and other implementing agencies, and provides efficient accountability for oversight of the financial and program management aspects of SA.
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Contract Administration Services (CAS)
All those actions accomplished in or near a contractor's plant for the benefit of the U.S. government which are necessary to the performance of a contract or in support of the buying offices, system/project managers, and other organizations, including quality assurance, engineering support, production surveillance, pre-award surveys, mobilization planning, contract administration, property administration, industrial security, and safety.
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