John Shire and Sheri Buchanan

John Shire and Sheri Buchanan

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Government Contractor Compensation Cap for Calendar Year (CY) 2026

For the last few years, our friends at the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) have been very helpful by publishing the Contractor Compensation Cap in the December timeframe. This year, I am guessing that the Government shutdown has diverted their attention. To help our clients, we have calculated the 2026 amount of the cap.

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Topics: Accounting System Compliance, Proposal Cost Volume Development & Pricing, Employee & Contractor Compensation, Incurred Cost Proposal Submission (ICP/ICE), DCAA Audit Support, Human Resources, Government Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

DCAA Publishes the 2025 Compensation Cap

Again, this year our friendly DCAA auditors have taken up the government requirement to calculate and publish annually the new compensation cap as provided for in Section 702 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (BBA; Pub. L. 113-67), dated December 26, 2013. The 2025 compensation cap amount is $671,000. Below we have provided the compensation caps going back to 2019.

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Topics: Proposal Cost Volume Development & Pricing, Employee & Contractor Compensation, Incurred Cost Proposal Submission (ICP/ICE), DCAA Audit Support, Government Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

DCAA Publishes the 2024 Compensation Cap

Our friendly DCAA auditors have taken up the government requirement to calculate and publish annually the new compensation cap as provided for in Section 702 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 (BBA; Pub. L. 113-67), dated December 26, 2013. The 2024 cap amount is $646,000. Below, we have provided the compensation caps going back to 2016.

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Topics: Employee & Contractor Compensation, Incurred Cost Proposal Submission (ICP/ICE), DCAA Audit Support, Government Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

2023 Compensation Cap Update

Executive Compensation Limit for Government Contractors

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Topics: Employee & Contractor Compensation, Incurred Cost Proposal Submission (ICP/ICE), DCAA Audit Support, Government Regulations, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)