Finding 1093589 (2024-001)

Finding - Activities Allowed or Unallowed & Allowable Costs/Cost Principles: Payroll, Assistance Listing Number 93.243; June 30, 2024 award year; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Criteria or Specific Requirement In accordance with 2 CFR 200.405, A cost is allocable to a Federal award if the cost is assignable to that Federal award with the relative benefits received. These costs must be incurred specifically for the Federal award. Condition Found Of the Seventeen payroll charges selected for testing, the allocation of payroll charged to the Federal grant did not align with the percentage of time incurred specifically for the Federal grant in four instances. Questioned Costs None. Cause The Organization's payroll software did not allocate payroll charges in accordance with the percentage of hours spent working on the Federal grant. Effect Management charged costs to the grant in excess of those costs that were incurred specifically for the grant. Identification as a Repeat Finding This is not a repeat finding. Recommendation Management should understand the cause of the misallocation and correct this within their payroll software. Management should additionally ensure adequate review of payroll costs is in place to correct misallocations. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action See Corrective Action Plan.