Finding 2023-003 REPORTING ALLOWABLE/ALLOCABLE COSTS
We have made progress in allocating allowable costs to specific contracts in our accounting system. Last year we implemented a detailed customer/job tracking capacity in QuickBooks and have created a coding system to match all income, payroll costs and most other types of spending to specific customer/jobs. As the audit indicated, however, we continue to face challenges in properly assigning some shared costs (such as fringe benefits and utilities in shared facilities) to specific contracts in our accounting system. Costs were incurred and supported the operation of the contracts reviewed but we recognize that we need further improvement in how we allocate these costs to individual contracts in our accounting records. We will modify our financial procedures to document our allocation approach for fringe benefits and shared cost. We will also and put new controls in place to monitor cost allocation by contract (where required) on a quarterly basis. All improvements in accounting by customer/job will be implemented for the full fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
Finding 2023-