#### 8.2.3.2 IfcCostValue

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IfcCostValue is an amount of money or a value that affects an amount of money.

Each instance of IfcCostValue may also have a category. There are many possible types of cost value that may be identified. While there is a broad understanding of the meaning of names that may be assigned to different types of costs, there is no general standard for naming cost types nor are there any broadly defined classifications.

The following defines some cost categories that might be applied to the Category attribute:

- Annual rate of return
- Bonus
- Bulk purchase rebate
- Contract
- Consultancy
- Delivery
- Estimated cost
- Hire
- Installation
- Interest rate
- Labor
- Lease
- List price
- Maintenance
- Material
- Overhead
- Postage and packing
- Profit
- Purchase
- Rental
- Repair
- Replacement
- Sale
- Small quantity surcharge
- Spares
- Storage
- Sub-Contract
- Trade discount
- Transportation
- Waste allowance
- Whole life

> NOTE In the absence of any well-defined standard, it is recommended that local agreements should be made to define allowable and understandable cost value types within a project or region.

> HISTORY New entity in IFC1.0

XSD Specification:

<xs:element name="IfcCostValue" type="ifc:IfcCostValue" substitutionGroup="ifc:IfcAppliedValue" nillable="true"/>
<xs:complexType name="IfcCostValue">
<xs:complexContent>
<xs:extension base="ifc:IfcAppliedValue"/>
</xs:complexContent>
</xs:complexType>

EXPRESS Specification:

ENTITY IfcCostValue

| SUBTYPE OF (IfcAppliedValue);

END_ENTITY;

Inheritance Graph:

ENTITY IfcCostValue

| ENTITY IfcAppliedValue

Name | : | OPTIONAL IfcLabel;
Description | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;
AppliedValue | : | OPTIONAL IfcAppliedValueSelect;
UnitBasis | : | OPTIONAL IfcMeasureWithUnit;
ApplicableDate | : | OPTIONAL IfcDate;
FixedUntilDate | : | OPTIONAL IfcDate;
Category | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;
Condition | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;
ArithmeticOperator | : | OPTIONAL IfcStrippedOptional;
Components | : | OPTIONAL LIST [1:?] OF IfcStrippedOptional;

| INVERSE

| ENTITY IfcCostValue

END_ENTITY;

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