# Sales order vs invoice: Order Document Rules

> The Order Document Rules carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 25,000 to 40,000 USD, read 17 October 2026.

Jobcardo · https://jobcardo.com/datasets/order-document-rules/ · computed 2026-10-18

**Range of the published figures:** 25,000 to 40,000 USD (range 25,000 to 40,000 USD; 3 sources with a figure; 2 of 10 sources read publish one).

2 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 17 October 2026.

## By rule

| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| rule oral-solicitation-limit | 25,000 USD | 25,000 to 25,000 USD | 1 |
| rule micro-purchase-threshold-us | 25,000 USD | 25,000 to 25,000 USD | 1 |
| rule micro-purchase-threshold-outside-us | 40,000 USD | 40,000 to 40,000 USD | 1 |
| rule riddor-death-report-window | 365 day | 365 to 365 day | 1 |
| rule riddor-report-period | 15 day | 15 to 15 day | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13) | 40,000 USD | micro-purchase-threshold-outside-us | 2026-10-16 |
| [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13) | 25,000 USD | oral-solicitation-limit | 2026-10-16 |
| [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13) | 25,000 USD | micro-purchase-threshold-us | 2026-10-16 |
| [HSE, RIDDOR reportable incidents](https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/types-of-reportable-incidents.htm) | 365 day | riddor-death-report-window | 2026-10-17 |
| [HSE, RIDDOR reportable incidents](https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/types-of-reportable-incidents.htm) | 15 day | riddor-report-period | 2026-10-17 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (5)

- [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13), read 2026-10-16: "(ii) $40,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, outside the United States."
- [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13), read 2026-10-16: "(iii) Notice is not required under 5.101. (2) However, an oral solicitation may not be practicable for contract actions exceeding $25,000 unless covered by an exception in 5.202."
- [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13), read 2026-10-16: "5122), the micro-purchase threshold is— (i) $25,000 in the case of any contract to be awarded and performed, or purchase to be made, inside the United States; and"
- [HSE, RIDDOR reportable incidents](https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/types-of-reportable-incidents.htm), read 2026-10-17: "If a person suffers a reportable work-related injury and dies due to that injury within one year (365 days), this must be reported as a work-related fatality."
- [HSE, RIDDOR reportable incidents](https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/types-of-reportable-incidents.htm), read 2026-10-17: "The report must be made within 15 days of the accident."

## Read in full, publishes no figure

- [29 CFR 1904.7, general recording criteria (eCFR)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1904/subpart-C/section-1904.7), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [29 CFR 1904.39, reporting fatalities and severe injuries (eCFR)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1904/subpart-E/section-1904.39), read 2026-10-17: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [OSHA 1910.252, welding, cutting and brazing (hot work permit)](https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.252), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HSE, CDM 2015](https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/index.htm), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [HSE, risk assessment: steps needed to manage risk](https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/steps-needed-to-manage-risk.htm), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [IRS, what kind of records should I keep](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/what-kind-of-records-should-i-keep), read 2026-09-11: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [New York UCC 2-206, offer and acceptance in formation of contract](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/UCC/2-206), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- [New York UCC 2-207, additional terms in acceptance or confirmation](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/UCC/2-207), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page

## Methodology

Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 8 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 9 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per document per rule: what forms the contract and when (UCC 2-206 and 2-207 for the purchase order and its acknowledgement), what a public buyer's order must carry (FAR part 13), what the record must hold and for how long (IRS), and which jobs may not start without a permit as the document (OSHA 1910.252 hot work; HSE permit to work and CDM in GB). The derivation is the comparison table itself - four documents by six legal tests, with the cell left empty and labelled where nothing governs, because the honest answer to 'work order vs invoice' in most of the United States is that one is a contract term and the other is a tax record.

## Sources

- [29 CFR 1904.7, general recording criteria (eCFR)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1904/subpart-C/section-1904.7) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [29 CFR 1904.39, reporting fatalities and severe injuries (eCFR)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1904/subpart-E/section-1904.39) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [OSHA 1910.252, welding, cutting and brazing (hot work permit)](https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1910/1910.252) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HSE, CDM 2015](https://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/cdm/2015/index.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HSE, risk assessment: steps needed to manage risk](https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/steps-needed-to-manage-risk.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [HSE, RIDDOR reportable incidents](https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/types-of-reportable-incidents.htm) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [IRS, what kind of records should I keep](https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/what-kind-of-records-should-i-keep) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [FAR part 13, simplified acquisition procedures](https://www.acquisition.gov/far/part-13) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [New York UCC 2-206, offer and acceptance in formation of contract](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/UCC/2-206) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [New York UCC 2-207, additional terms in acceptance or confirmation](https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/UCC/2-207) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- The Order Document Rules carries 3 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 25,000 to 40,000 USD, read 17 October 2026.
- 2 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 8 publish none, read 17 October 2026.
- Order Document Rules, rule oral-solicitation-limit: median 25,000 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Order Document Rules, rule micro-purchase-threshold-us: median 25,000 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Order Document Rules, rule micro-purchase-threshold-outside-us: median 40,000 USD across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Order Document Rules, rule riddor-death-report-window: median 365 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.
- Order Document Rules, rule riddor-report-period: median 15 day across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.

Cite as: "Jobcardo Order Document Rules", updated 2026-10-18, https://jobcardo.com/datasets/order-document-rules/.

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