Accounting System Compliance – Foundation for Success
A compliant accounting system is a must for government contractors. The questions (and more) we will address in this post include: What is an accounting [...]
Strategic Costing and Pricing Fundamentals for Government Contractors
Government contractors have to understand the fundamentals of strategic costing and strategic pricing in order to make correct decisions that determine their overall profitability on a job.
Government Contracting Basics: Five Types of Government Contracts Including Risks, Pros and Cons
Learn more about these five types of government contracts presented in detail - including what they entail, their risks, and the pros and cons of each.
Accounting System Compliance Risk – Before and After Contract Award
Government contractors should perform an internal assessment of their compliance before an audit is performed and participate in the audit process to ensure a favorable result.
Idle or Not Idle? That is the Question
The pandemic and the resulting changes in employee work routines and locations have created a potential cost-allowability issue that many government contractors have not previously encountered – potential idle facilities and/or idle capacity.
So, You Think You Know Unallowable Costs?
Learn about unallowable costs and what determines a costs' allowablility. We also provide a listing of FAR and DFARS clauses that are considered to contain expressly unallowable costs subject to penalties.
Implementing the Lease Standard: Things to Remember
The new lease standard has brought about a lot of changes. In this blog post, we will discuss some of the most important things to remember when implementing ASC 842. We'll also provide a checklist of tasks that should be completed in order to ensure compliance with the new lease standard.
Surveillance Survival – Responding to a Government Audit
Every few years, we reach out relative to the importance of a government contractors’ response to audits performed by the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), the Department of Labor (DOL) or, for that matter, any other government audit function.
Strategic Material Handling and Major Subcontracting Indirect Rates
Government regulation requires costs to be classified as either a direct cost or an indirect cost. As we know, indirect costs, in the aggregate, represent the largest class of expense incurred on government contracts. Direct costs, by definition, are identifiable with a specific “final cost objective” while indirect costs are associated with common or joint cost objectives.
Labor Recording! Are you ready for an audit?
Labor recording is the basis for the valuing and allocating the efforts of you and your employees and a critical process for government contractors who depend on it for their product and services costing (read billing/cash flow) and pricing.