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Accounting and Auditing for Government Contracts – Mason CPE
March 12 @ 10:00 am - March 14 @ 2:30 pm
Doing business with the federal government can be extremely challenging. Layering the extensive accounting requirements, internal controls, and system expectations that come with federal government contracts, it can become downright frightening. This course is designed to help contractors navigate the details of these requirements so that they can successfully recover all allowable and allocable contract costs incurred in support of their contracts. This course will also prepare contractors for the accounting requirements of government contracts and strategies in preparing for audits. Instructors provide real life examples of the challenges associated with the existing accounting and audit environment. Whether your company is new to government contracting or has been in the business for years, this course will be valuable to ensuring that you are up to speed with these ever-changing requirements and are prepared for the audit.
- Identify basic accounting terms and procedures required for government contracts.
- Identify and discuss Federal Acquisition Regulations related to the determination of the allowability, allocability, and reasonableness of costs.
- Identify contract types and different interim financing methods.
- Identify revenue recognition methods unique to government contracts.
- Identify special reporting requirements.
- Distinguish competitive vs. non-competitive procurements.
- Government contractor system expectations– accounting, estimating, timekeeping, and purchasing.
- Determine the current audit environment through an overview of DCAA.
- Examine the incurred cost submission and audit approach including penalties for unallowable costs.