Effective January 19, 2025, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 703.1.6.11, to reflect a change in the allowed value for low-cost items to be mailable at Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail® prices.
Under section 703.1.6.11, which is based on statutory restrictions, three types of products or items are mailable at Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail prices. A low-cost item (as defined in the U.S. Internal Revenue Code) is one of those products.
Each year, the Internal Revenue Service determines the allowed value of a low-cost item and adjusts it for cost of living. For 2025, the allowed value of a low-cost item is $13.60 or less. The value of a low-cost item is the item’s cost to the authorized nonprofit organization mailing the item or on whose behalf the item is mailed.
Although the Postal Service will not publish this revision in the DMM until January 19, 2025, the standard is effective January 1, 2025.
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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700 Special Standards
703 Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail and Other Unique Eligibility
1.0 Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail
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1.6 Eligible and Ineligible Matter
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1.6.11 Products Mailable at Nonprofit USPS Marketing Mail Prices
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[Revise the third sentence of item 1.6.11a to read as follows:]
a. ***Effective January 1, 2025, the cost of such items must not exceed $13.60.***
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The Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 1-9-25
