"cost allowance" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Cost allowance generally refers to an amount of money set aside for a specific purpose and is often used to refer to a budget for a particular item in a business or project. For example, "We allocated a cost allowance of $500 to cover the cost of hardware for the project."
Her 2007-08 additional cost allowance only runs to March 2008, when her television bill was £32.58.
The Additional Cost Allowance claims released by the Commons authorities covered the financial year 2008-09 before the expenses furore engulfed Westminster.
His additional cost allowance shows that, in 2007, he claimed around £750 every three months for cleaning, but the request stated that this included laundry, dry cleaning, window cleaning and cleaning materials.
In 1997, my additional cost allowance was laid against my London flat, but when I became Speaker the rules governing these things meant I was forced to appoint my constituency home as my second home.
For example, she raised the cost allowance for school projects to $138 per square foot, but insisted that professional fees and site acquisition costs be included in that figure, contrary to the Assembly's wishes.
"They came up with the formula that our salaries would be increased by £5,000 and our office cost allowance would be also reduced by £5,000, so for us it was a very logical decision.
Her additional cost allowances for 2006-07 included £668 on french linen for her bedroom and £217 on bathroom towels, while in 2004-05 spentpent £2,520 on furniture including five wardrobes, three tallboys, a mobile bedside table and a digital radio, which she later returned.
Resource use was valued using appropriate salary scales, travel cost allowances, and fee rates from the Medicare Benefits Schedule.
Legg's final report, published in February 2010 (House of Commons Members Estimate Committee, 2010), focused on overly excessive claims made within the Additional Costs Allowance, a scheme that allowed MPs to claim money to pay for and maintain a second home, either in their constituency or in London.
This is allowed within the Commons rules, because the additional-costs allowance can be used to offset various costs associated with an MP having to maintain a second home, not just mortgage or rent.
(The ACA is the additional costs allowance, aka the second home allowance).
