Cost Accounting Standard Considerations for a Growing GovCon
Cherry Bekaert
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
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Cherry Bekaert
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
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GrowthForceBlog
OCTOBER 2, 2024
Key Takeaways The Benefits of Cost Accounting: The primary benefits of cost accounting include maximized profits, reduced costs, optimized pricing, stronger profit margins, revenue generation. Understanding the Cost Accounting Methods: A variety of different methods exist within the cost accounting principles.
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Cherry Bekaert
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In the third episode of Cherry Bekaert’s Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) podcast series, Brendan Halloran , a Director with Cherry Bekaert Advisory, is joined by Jeffery Annessa , a Senior Manager in Cherry Bekaert’s Government Contractor Industry practice, to discuss CAS implications during mergers and acquisitions.
Cherry Bekaert
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) are 19 standards and rules promulgated by 41 U.S.C. They are designed to achieve uniformity and consistency in cost accounting practices and to improve the accuracy of cost data by ensuring its basis on consistent definitions and principles.
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Spoiler alert: Both cost accounting and management accounting are intended for internal use by business leaders. 5 min read. Smart leaders use it to improve organization operations and boost the bottom line.
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Contributor: John Ford In June 2024, the Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) published three significant actions in the Federal Register. Contact Us The post Recent Cost Accounting Standards Board Proposed Rules appeared first on Cherry Bekaert.
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JUNE 25, 2024
Among those regulations are the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), which are one of the most common challenges faced by emerging government contractors. Moreover, some of the cost principles in FAR Part 31 incorporate specific standards. Table of Contents: What Are Cost Accounting Standards? Why Does CAS Exist?
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The FASB encourages stakeholders to review and provide comments on the proposed ASU by Jan. 27, 2025.
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Many small business government contractors are exempt from complying with cost accounting standards (CAS) and defined by the code of federal regulations (CFR). However, compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) is required. What exactly is GAAP?
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As part of any cost accounting management system, rates are determined in order to apply costs that are not directly related to a product or service. Direct costs are expenses directly associated with a product or service. Indirect rates are not exclusive to government contractors.
PYMNTS
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SWIFT’s [Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication] new service offers the possibility of borderless low-cost account-to-account currency transfers from the bank’s own app or portal, and Oracle Banking Payments’ readiness makes this transition easy and fast for SMEs.”. The subsidiary of Oracle Corp.
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DECEMBER 21, 2022
Forensic accountants research financial transactions to uncover fraud. Managerial accountants work to collect and compile data used to make management decisions. Tax accountants specialize in IRS law and completion of tax returns. Cost accountants deal in allocating costs expenses to specific products, jobs, contracts, etc.
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NOVEMBER 2, 2021
Cost accounting methods help business leaders make wise pricing decisions. There are two basic costing systems that help you identify all direct and indirect expenses so you can make well-informed pricing decisions: the traditional costing system and the activity-based costing system.
CPA Practice
MAY 7, 2023
147 ensured that these critical costs incurred by cannabusinesses be classified as deductibles for income tax purposes. However, this means that these entrepreneurs must be diligent in their cost accounting or risk leaving deductions on the table – or worse – taking wrongful deductions that can have consequences for your business.
CPA Practice
JANUARY 25, 2023
The firm’s offerings include estate taxation and administration, trust funding and administration, tax preparation, tax planning, IRS representation, tax cost accounting, fiduciary accounting, and asset consolidation and simplification.
Going Concern
AUGUST 5, 2022
IMA representatives are welcome to argue the case for extensive cost accounting testing if they are so inclined. Am I the only one who was butthurt when they took written communication out of FAR, AUD, and REG?? The comment section is open, let ‘er rip.
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Cost accounting and inventory management: This includes standard cost systems, activity-based costing, and cost-volume-profit analysis, among others. It’s essential for companies to effectively manage their inventory costs and control the manufacturing process. Here’s what it came up with.
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Here are the specific practices that underpin timekeeping compliance and accountability in government contracting: Timekeeping mandate Work authorizations Authentication and timesheet integrity Daily recording of labor Audit trails for time entries Employee certification and supervisor approval Supervisor completion of timesheets General ledger integration (..)
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By Jim Wesloh Navigating the challenging landscape of cost accounting within the framework of federal contracting requires an understanding of both the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). A sample chart of accounts for government contractors is available to download below.)
PANALITIX
MAY 31, 2021
Cost Accounting. Commercial Finance. To help leadership analyze the operational performance of their business (product success, customer behavior etc.) and take action to increase profit. To prepare budgets, analyze and recommend on expenses such as labor, materials, shipping and production to maximize efficiency and profitability.
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AUGUST 9, 2024
Inside their strong job costing the owner is an ex cost accountant when he bought this company, he improved the the good cost accounting that was in there, but really went for a lot of different costing attributes and did a great, but they saw an opportunity in payroll.
Going Concern
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Hunzicker recommends approaching the cannabis niche with a broad knowledge base, including a full understanding of “cannabis science, medicinal uses, software tools, and business operations, then layer in accounting — GAAP, cost accounting, the tax codes and the court cases.”
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The federal contractor reached one of the largest procurement fraud settlements in history over a civil investigation related to its cost accounting.
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These services scale IT infrastructure to help accountants speed up accounting services, manage the workforce, adhere to global compliances, and lower operational costs. Accounting firms can no longer overlook the benefits of this partnership as they can miss out on many efficiency gains.
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financial accountants, cost accountants, internal auditors, and other accounting and finance employees) that have more direct access to, and more frequent involvement with, their company’s accounting and control processes than their superiors.
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