Wednesday, May 22, 2019

A Guideline To Becoming DCAA Compliant

By Jeffrey Burns


If your company has been lucky enough to win a contract with the government, you should be able to comply with the Defense Contract Audit Agency. If you comply with this agency, you will continue winning more contracts, and your company will grow. More so, you will not face any compliance issues. For your company to show compliance, it has to have procedures and policies that are documented and strictly followed. Also, you must have a system that will help you to track your labor charges per hour. There are critical steps you should follow to ensure that you and your company are DCAA Compliant to avoid problems during auditing.

Time tracking is the first thing that you should do. DCAA provides guidelines that should be followed by all companies to track time. No company is an exception to this. Thus, employees should always clock in and out. Additionally, all the projects should be allocated the correct hours and unpaid time to be recorded. More so, there should be a record showing that all employees are aware of everything.

The second thing is to ensure that you are genuine and straightforward. Hence, you should not cut corners as this may land you into serious problems. During time tracking, all parties are important. Thus, all employees, managers, supervisors, and foremen should track their time. Also, the time sheets should be in good condition, accurate, and legible. The use of digital means is thus the best.

More so, you should always be in control of all labor costs. Labor costs are different from buying materials where you will get receipts. This is because paying employees is different and should be controlled. Therefore, all logs should be clear and accurate. If possible, there should be daily reminders. Also, all entries should be automatically logged and stamped, including revisions.

Additionally, you should get rid of the filing cabinet and use digital means. This is because keeping the hard copies of the time cards is hard as some documents may go missing. Thus, you can make your filing, and storing job to be easier and accurate. Also, you can retrieve them within seconds, no matter where you are.

More so, you should always take note of the hours your employees work every day. Make sure you also take note of overtime. This is essential, and it does not matter whether the hours are paid for uncompensated for. The Defense Contract Audit Agency uses all hours to calculate the total cost of projects.

Additionally, ensure that you have synced the timesheets and payrolls. Before you start to work in any government contract, make sure that your accounting system is up to date. If you have no idea how to sync the payrolls and timesheets, you should get advice from the experts.

Also, you must always ready yourself for inspections. You cannot avoid inspections by the agency. Thus, you should be ready all the time and ensure that your documentation is accurate and updated. Being prepared for inspection will keep you away from compliance issues.




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