Top 5 failures in a Preaward Survey Part 2 of 2-part series In part 1 of this series, we identified the top 5 epic fails of the preaward survey as involving the labor distribution, policies and procedures, generally accepted accounting…
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Common Problems for the Incurred Cost Submission Besides of failing to submit an incurred cost submission (ICS) when required by the contract (“Who needs an Incurred Cost Submission?”), some of the most common ICS problems are found within the recording…
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What is an Incurred Cost Submission and Who Needs to Submit One? The Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) clause FAR 52.216-7 requires government contractors to submit final annual indirect cost rates six months after the fiscal year end; known as the…
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Contract Related Assets and Liabilities There are several situations that give rise to contract related assets and liabilities when working with the government. According to section 912-310-25 (page 14) Recognition of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) accounting standards, receivables…
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Overhead versus G&A Indirect Costs Is there an important difference between a general and administrative (G&A) expense and an overhead (OH) expense? Do these indirect costs really matter? The answer is yes if you want to remain a government contractor…
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What is the HUBZone? The Historically Underutilized Business Zones (HUBZone) is a program offered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The HUBZone is the result of the ‘Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997’ [1] and its purpose is to help…
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FAR Proposed Rule: Senior Executive Compensation Benchmark applicable to all contractor employees effective January 1, 2012 (certain agencies) In this proposed rule, DoD, GSA, and NASA are proposing to amend FAR 31.205-6(p) to require that the compensation costs incurred after…
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