Financial Forum January 9: Cost Reasonableness and Compensation Costs Webinar

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Summary

This webinar will provide an overview of cost allowability, with a focus on the FAR cost principle of cost reasonableness. Cost reasonableness will also be examined in the more specific context of compensation costs for contractor employees. The webinar will then highlight relevant authority contractors may use to guide their accounting and compliance practices and will discuss government audit trends. The webinar will conclude with a review of best practices for overcoming and mitigating audit challenges in these areas.

Topics & Dates

A CANT MISS LIVE MONTHLY UPDATE AND OPPORTUNITY TO “ASK THE EXPERTS.” Join the professionals from Dentons’ Government Contracts Practice for a webinar series providing practical advice regarding government contracts cost accounting compliance issues, discussing cost and pricing trends, and detailing contractor best practices. This informative and exciting webinar series offering the most current industry analysis is beneficial to contractors and government practitioners alike.

Each registration allows for one person to log in. Your team members can join you in a conference room for no additional cost. Additional logins for those located in other offices, working remotely, or otherwise unable to participate with the registrant can be purchased for $200 each.

Financial Forum Webinar Series (to register for the 2018 series, click here)

Second Tuesday of the month

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm (ET) (*exceptions)

January 9: Cost Reasonableness and Compensation Costs

February 13: Incurred Cost Submissions and DCAA Audits - Strategies, Trends and Areas of Focus

March 13: Preventing, Investigating, and Reporting Accounting Issues: The Mandatory Disclosure Rule

April 10: Pricing Requests for Equitable Adjustments and Pursuing Claims

May 15*: CAS Part 1: Application of CAS and Modified CAS Coverage: CAS 401, 402, 405 and 406

June 12: CAS Part 2: Full-CAS Coverage: Disclosure Statements and Allocation of Selected Costs

September 11: Tangible Assets, Cost of Money, and Related Issues (*This session will run for 75 minutes)

October 9: Intangible Assets - IR&D, Patents, and Royalties (*This session will run for 75 minutes)

November 13: Developments in Cost and Pricing Issues: A Year in Review

*topics are subject to change*

Continuing Education Credits

CLP
1.0 credit per session; 9.0 credits for entire series.

CPE (Finance)
1.0 credit per session (1.5 credits for Sep/Oct sessions); 11.0 credits for entire series.

CLE
1.0 credit per session (1.25 credits for Sep/Oct sessions); 9.5 credits for entire series for AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, FL, HI, ME, MT, NJ, NY, ND, OH, OR, PA, VA, WI (if you need CLE for a state not listed, call us.)

CEU
0.1 credit per session (0.13 credits for Sep/Oct sessions); 1.0 credits for entire series.

PDU

This course can be submitted to Project Management Institute (PMI) for PDU. Upon their approval, it may be worth 1 PDU credit per session (1.25 credits for Sep/Oct sessions); 9.5 PDU credits for entire series.