Blogs/Articles
To guide clients and potential clients on some concepts, unique to awards funded by the U.S. Government, several free articles and white papers are presented. …
Overhead versus G&A
Indirect rates (burden) and Indirect Pools often confuse the non-accountant. The bad news is: Your organization can make the Indirect Rate structure very complex. The …
Preaward Survey of the Accounting System
The Government Contracting Officer must determine that a prospective contractor is responsible before awarding a contract. To be responsible, a contractor must have the necessary …
Common Unallowables
Why do Auditors and Reviewers pick apart G&A (or ICR) expenses? What are they looking for? What supporting documents will approve the submission? First, each …
Small Business Indirect Rates
Indirect Rates What are “indirects”? Cost of Goods and Services Sold are direct cost elements. These include: Direct Labor Direct Material Other Direct Costs Direct …
Federal Contracting 101
GovCon Basics New to selling to the federal government? From contract terms and conditions (T’s & C’s) to regulations, the knowledge base can be overwhelming. …
DCAA Compliant Timekeeping
Federal government auditors and analysts (by any job title) perform reviews with many different objectives. Because labor usually costs the most, the processes leading to …
DCAA Compliance, DCAA Review, and DCAA Audit
DCAA Compliance, DCAA Review, and DCAA Audit Oversight is the purview of the federal agency with the most risk. For example, for for-profit companies, this …
What Do You Know… about GovCon Travel?
GovCon cost reports break out allowable Travel from unallowable Travel. We use per diem rates, transportation that we can prove costs reasonable amounts, and other …
Start-up Grown to Need a Disclosure Statement?
Your small business lands more sales contracts. Your small business earns more gross income. Your small business hires more employees to keep up with sales. …