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How do deliveries show up on a Foreign Military Sales bill?

Updated 3 October 2026Checked against the SAMM: 26 September 2026

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.

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