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Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 411 – Accounting for Acquisition of Material Cost

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CAS 411 provides criteria for accounting for the measurement and assignment of material costs to cost objectives and follows generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). If you don’t have contracts subject to full CAS, then FAR 31.205-26 Material costs requires contractors to implement GAAP when accounting for material.

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FASB Proposed Change Impacting Cost Accounting for Software

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However, there is only one FAR reference for this topic, and then we must turn to the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC). Normally, I make numerous references to the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) when writing. In this case, that single FAR reference is FAR 31.201-2(a)(3).

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Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 408 - Accounting for Costs of Compensated Person Absence

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Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 408 was put in place to provide consistency in the measurement and allocation of vacation, sick leave, holiday, and other compensated personal absences. Today, many contractors refer to all paid time off as “PTO.”

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Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 420 – Accounting for IR&D Costs and Bid & Proposal B&P Costs

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Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 420 outlines accounting standards for Independent Research and Development (IR&D) and Bid & Proposal (B&P) costs incurred by government contractors, ensuring consistent and transparent reporting.

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Accounting software keeps small business out of federal market

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Jim Wesloh Well, we focus on government contract accounting, including timekeeping expense reports, the entire general ledger and project management and project reports. Or do the accounting for my government programs, and not worry about commercial contracts if they had the commercial contracts before? Jim Wesloh Yes.

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Cost Accounting Standard (CAS) 416 - Accounting for Insurance Costs

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CAS 416 provides criteria for the measurement of insurance costs, the assignment of such costs to cost accounting periods, and the allocation to final cost.

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Don McMaster Named American Systems Federal Health Account Executive

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Don McMaster, a seasoned business development leader, announced on LinkedIn on Saturday that had been appointed federal health account executive at American Systems.