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Origination Date 6/15/03 Subpart C 1_.25(d) notes that taxes, special assessments, levies, fines and other such revenues raised by a grant or subgrantee are not program income unless the revenues are specifically identified in the grant agreement or federal agency regulation as program income. Common Rule Subpart C 1_.30 Changes. Recipients are required to report deviations from budget and program plans, and request prior approvals for budget and program plan revisions, in accordance with this section. Recipients shall request prior written approvals from the awarding agency for one or more of the following program or budget related reasons. · Change in the scope or the objective of the project or program (even if there is no associated budget revision requiring prior written approval). · Change in a key person specified in the application or award document. . The need to extend the period of availability of funds. . The need for additional Federal funding. . The transfer of fund or budgeted amounts from nonconstruction to construction projects or vice versa. · The inclusion, unless waived by the Federal awarding agency, of costs that require prior approval in accordance with OMS Circular A-87. . The transfer of funds allotted for training allowances (direct payment to trainees) to other categories of expense. . Contracting out, subgranting (if authorized by law), or transferring work to a third party to perform activities which are central to the purpose of the award. This provision does not apply to the purchase of supplies, material, equipment, or general support services. Common Rule Subpart C 1_.32 Equipment "Equipment" means an article of nonexpendable, tangible personal property having a useful life more than one year and an acquisition cost which equals or exceeds the lesser of (a) the capitalization level established by the organization for the financial statement purposes, or (b)$5,OOO. Subject to the obligations and conditions set forth in 9_.32, title to equipment acquired under a grant or subgrant will vest upon acquisition in the grantee or subgrantee respectively. A state will use, manage and dispose of equipment acquired under a grant by the state in accordance with state laws and procedures. All other grantees and subgrantees for which equipment vest in the recipient, shall use the equipment in the project or program for which it was acquired as long as needed, whether or not the project or program continues to be supported by Federal funds and shall not encumber the property without approval of the Federal awarding agency. When no longer needed for the original project or program, the recipient shall use the equipment in connection with its other federally-sponsored activities, in the following order of priority: 9