Dirty Little Secrets Behind Advance Payments on Government Contracts Whitepaper

A White paper by John C. Shire, Director

Are you navigating the complex world of government contracting? Do you find the policies and procedures surrounding advance payments bewildering? Our whitepaper on FAR 32.4, “Dirty Little Secrets Behind Advance Payments on Government Contracts,” is your guide to understanding these intricate rules.

Huntsville Animal Services Foundation

Each year, Huntsville Animal Services saves thousands of homeless pets in the Huntsville area by providing temporary shelter, food and veterinary care to animals in need. The work of Huntsville Animal Services also includes preventative steps to reduce pet overpopulation through facilitation and connection to spay and neuter assistance programs. Now, it’s easier than ever to support these efforts through the Huntsville Animal Services Foundation. Donations are used to care for shelter pets, foster pets, and animals in need. All financial donations go into the Care for Shelter Pets fund.

First Tee – Metro Atlanta

Not only is NCMA Atlanta committed to helping businesses thrive, they are committed to assisting the community in the areas of its greatest need. For the second year, a percentage of the NCMA 2023 Charity Golf Invitational proceeds will benefit First Tee – Metro Atlanta. First Tee – Metro Atlanta’s mission is to positively impact the lives of Atlanta’s young people by providing learning facilities and educational programs that promote character development and life-enhancing values through the game of golf.

The CARE Center

The CARE Center is a non-profit (501c3), multi-denominational Christian partnership of churches and community partners who prioritize spreading the transforming news that God loves the world. Through Jesus Christ’s ministry, death, and resurrected life, His followers continue to move the life-changing message of the Gospel forward. Led by God’s Holy Spirit, they proclaim hope and justice to a broken humanity and attempt to demonstrate acts of service and kindness to all.

Secret Meals For Hungry Children

Many children in Alabama rely heavily on free and reduced breakfasts and lunches five days a week. However, the weekend creates a nutritional gap, leaving many children hungry when they return to school on Monday. Secret Meals fills the gap these children experience by discreetly slipping into their backpacks on Fridays with vitamin-fortified and nutritional meals. Alabama Credit Union created the Secret Meals For Hungry Children program in 2008 with one goal in mind – decreasing the number of children in Alabama and Florida facing hunger over the weekend. To allow as many children to receive food packs as possible, Alabama Credit Union provides all promotional and operational funding for the Secret Meals program, meaning 100 percent of every penny donated goes toward purchasing food packs.

Case Study: Cost Accounting for Software Related Costs To Be Sold, Leased, or Marketed

A Case Study by the Redstone Government Consulting Team

Does Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) or Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) provide specific requirements when it comes to accounting for costs related to software to be sold, leased, or marketed in the future? The simple answer is “no”, however, a review of FAR Part 31 certainly supports that the cost is allowable and allocable to both individual contracts and as a benefit to more than one contract, based on the nature of the software related effort, provided the cost is reasonable. For the purposes of this whitepaper, we are going to assume the cost is reasonable in both nature and amount based on the prudent person in the conduct of competitive business test in FAR 31.201-3, determining reasonableness.