DMM Revision: Products Mailable at Nonprofit Standard Mail Rates
Effective January 1, 2008, the Postal Service™ is revising 703.1.6.11 of the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®) to reflect the change in the maximum value of a nonprofit low-cost item to $9.10.
Under statutory restrictions in DMM 703, products that are mailed at the Nonprofit Standard Mail rates must meet at least one of three exceptions. A low-cost item is one of the exceptions referenced in the Internal Revenue Code. The value of a low-cost item — the actual cost to the authorized nonprofit organization — is determined each year by the Internal Revenue Service, adjusted for the cost of living.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
703 Nonprofit Standard Mail and Other Unique Eligibility
1.0 Nonprofit Standard Mail
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1.6 Eligible and Ineligible Matter
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1.6.11 Products Mailable at Nonprofit Standard Mail Rates
The following products are mailable at Nonprofit Standard Mail rates:
[Revise item a of 1.6.11 to reflect the change in the date and in the maximum value of a low-cost item as follows:]
a. Low-cost items within the meaning of 26 USC 513(h)(2), Internal Revenue Code. At the beginning of each calendar year, the value of low-cost items is adjusted for cost of living. Effective January 1, 2008, the cost of such items cannot exceed $9.10. This cost is the cost to the authorized organization that mails the items or on whose behalf the items are mailed.
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We will incorporate these revisions into the next printed version of the DMM and into the monthly update of the online DMM available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
— Mailing Standards,
Pricing and Classification, 2-14-08
