---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 23.230"
title: "29"
number: "23.230"
heading: "Deductions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/23.230"
---

# §23.230. Deductions.


The contractor may make deductions that reduce a worker's wages below the Executive Order minimum wage rate only if such deduction qualifies as a:

- (a) Deduction required by Federal, state, or local law, such as Federal or state withholding of income taxes;
- (b) Deduction for payments made to third parties pursuant to court order;
- (c) Deduction directed by a voluntary assignment of the worker or his or her authorized representative; or
- (d) Deduction for the reasonable cost or fair value, as determined by the Administrator, of furnishing such worker with “board, lodging, or other facilities,” as defined in [29 U.S.C. 203(m)(1)](/usc/29/203.md?p=m-1) and [part 531 of this title](/cfr/29/part531.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; section 4, E.O. 14026, 86 FR 22835; Secretary's Order 01-2014, 79 FR 77527.

### Source

Source: 86 FR 67224, Nov. 24, 2021, unless otherwise noted.