---
kind: "section"
citation: "39 C.F.R. § 3030.284"
title: "39"
number: "3030.284"
heading: "Limitations on discounts below avoided cost."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/39/3030.284"
---

# §3030.284. Limitations on discounts below avoided cost.

- (a) No proposal to adjust a rate may set a workshare discount that would be below the cost avoided by the Postal Service for not providing the applicable service, unless at least one of the following reasons provided in [paragraphs (b) through (e)](#b..e) of this section applies.
- (b) The proposed workshare discount is associated with a new postal service, a change to an existing postal service, or a new workshare initiative.
- (c) **The proposed workshare discount is a minimum of 20 percent more than the existing workshare discount.**
- (d) The proposed workshare discount is set in accordance with a Commission order issued pursuant to [§ 3030.286](/cfr/39/3030.286.md).
- (e) **The percentage passthrough for the proposed workshare discount is at least 85 percent.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 503; 3622.

### Source

Source: 85 FR 81126, Dec. 15, 2020, unless otherwise noted.