Government Contracting
Hello, Government Contractors
Ryan & Wetmore serves government contractors at every stage of growth, from emerging businesses entering the federal marketplace to established contractors managing complex compliance and reporting requirements. Our team provides specialized accounting, tax, audit, advisory, and outsourced finance solutions designed to help contractors strengthen operations, maintain compliance, and support long-term growth. Our government contracting services include:
Tax
Government Contractor Tax Compliance & Planning
- Entity structure consulting (C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC, and partnership considerations)
- Federal income tax compliance and preparation
- State and local tax compliance and filing requirements
- Multi-state tax planning and nexus reviews
- Government contractor tax planning and advisory services
- International tax compliance
- IRS representation and tax controversy support
- Compensation allowability and reasonableness analysis
- SBA 8(a), WOSB, and SDVOSB program compliance considerations
Transaction Advisory & M&A Tax Services
- Tax due diligence and risk assessments
- Transaction structuring support
- Buy-side and sell-side tax advisory
- Tax exposure analysis
- Purchase price allocation support
- Post-transaction tax planning
Audit & Assurance
Enterprise resource planning
- Accounting system compliance
- Federal contractor’s chart of accounts structure
- Job costing and general ledger control
- Backlog and pipeline management
- Indirect rate structuring
- Timekeeping, time accounting, and payroll
- Federal contract invoicing
Investigative services
- Fraud and forensic investigation
- Financial statement misrepresentation
- Misappropriation of funds
- Internal audit of accounting
- Internal controls and risk advisory
Assurance and compliance
- Financial statements –audits, reviews, and compilations
- Employee benefit plan (EBP) audits
- SBA size standard maintenance
- 8(a) program continued eligibility
- Federal contracting set-aside status
- Contract compliance -invoicing, labor topics
Consulting
Enterprise resource planning
- System selection, specification, and optimization
- Annual budgeting cycle
- Indirect rates and forward pricing
- Contract backlog and waterfall
- Revenue and gross margin projections
- Contract performance analysis
- Labor utilization and realization
- Indirect rate revisions and cost impact analyses
Business process outsourcing
- Accounting and finance policies
- Cost accounting policies and indirect rate design
- DCAA accounting system adequacy (SF 1408)
- DCAA business system consultation
- Incurred cost submission
Transaction advisory services
- Buy / sell agreements
- Mergers & acquisition support
- Financial due diligence
Status and compliance
- SBA small business size standards & 8(a) continued eligibility
- GSA schedules
- SCA / DBA labor and contract compliance
- FAR & CAS compliance
- Other transaction authority (OTA)
- Government audit and litigation support
Outsourced Accounting
- Outsourced CFO services
- Financial reporting
- Management reporting
- Cash flow forecasting
- Budgeting
- Workflow automation
- Accounting systems
- Government contractor accounting
- Scalable accounting support
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