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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 …
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 …
SF 1408
A contractor, and frequently, a subcontractor must submit a Standard Form (SF) 1408 with a proposal. The SF 1408 supports the potential customer’s conclusion that …
Accounting System
For some awards of U.S. Government funding, a prime contractor requests that a subcontractor certify that the accounting system is compliant, or approved by the …