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Signs your government contracting business has outgrown QuickBooks. Compare QuickBooks vs Deltek, Unanet, and Procas for DCAA compliance.
QuickBooks works for early-stage government contractors, but growth creates gaps it was never designed to fill. Eight warning signs signal the need for purpose-built GovCon software.
Each contract type wants a different book structure. Fixed-price tracks revenue against milestones, cost-plus needs full segregation and a DCAA-adequate system, T&M needs rate tables and dual billing logic.
QuickBooks ships a commercial chart of accounts that fails every DCAA requirement. You need direct costs by contract, indirect pools, and unallowable segregation. The template and the configuration steps.
QuickBooks is a capable platform for government contract accounting, when configured correctly. Here are the specific configuration steps that make the difference between passing and failing a DCAA audit.
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