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A Comprehensive Guide to Building an Optimal Accounting System

Basis 365

In the complex world of business, a robust accounting system supports the foundation of financial clarity and control. Whether you're a small startup or a seasoned enterprise, building an optimal accounting system requires careful planning, strategic technology integration, and unwavering commitment to financial discipline.

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #4 Documentation to Prove It!

SMBAccountant

Receipts, emails, contracts, timecards… the list of items a small business must maintain as documentation goes on and on! When a small business enters the world of government contracting, the risk associated with maintaining supporting documentation increases significantly. Does your documentation prove that?

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #4 Documentation to Prove It!

SMBAccountant

Receipts, emails, contracts, timecards… the list of items a small business must maintain as documentation goes on and on! When a small business enters the world of government contracting, the risk associated with maintaining supporting documentation increases significantly. Does your documentation prove that?

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Accounting System Preapproval for Government Contracts: What is a Pre-Award Survey?

Withum

As government contractors prepare to bid on a proposal for a governmental contract that requires an adequate accounting system, a pre-approval known as a “pre-award survey” (Form “SF1408”) assesses the adequacy of a government contractor’s accounting system prior to the award of a cost-reimbursable contract. Contact Us.

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Voting Opens for 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards

CPA Practice

From online tax and accounting systems, practice management, document automation and workflow tools, to apps for collaboration, mobile productivity and research. Each year, readers get the opportunity to show their support for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust. Vote Today!

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #9 How Quality Management Effects Accounting

SMBAccountant

The core of a total quality management is to say what you do, do what you say, and have documentation to back it up. Often when people think about quality management, they think about the quality of their deliverables, such as passing an inspection or being within tolerance, but quality effects all your business systems, and your bottom line.

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Common Accounting Mistakes: Government Edition - Issue #7 Accounting for Fixed Price vs Cost Contracts

SMBAccountant

This requires a detailed job costing within an accounting system for which many contractors are not prepared. These oversight bodies are not typically concerned with a contractor’s accounting system during a phase I award because of the fixed price. This type of contract requires detailed tracking of costs.

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