Do you have the clause FAR 52.216-7 “Allowable Cost and Payment” in any of your contracts? If you do, you have a requirement to prepare an Incurred Cost Submission for your company and submit to your local DCAA office by June 30th, 2018. Typically, this FAR clause is incorporated in cost reimbursable contracts and Time-and-Materials...Continue Reading

We are very excited to welcome our new interns for the summer from the University of Alabama, Conner Jones, Sutton Parker & Anna Block.  Welcome to ARSA!  Continue Reading

We are excited to welcome John Prince and Raven Howlet to the ARSA Family!  John and Raven were so amazing during their internship we decided to have them join the team full time!  Congratulations!  Continue Reading

Best Practices in 401(k) Plan Administration Even if an audit is not required of your company’s 401(k) plan, the plan administrator, trustee and others acting on behalf of the plan participants are still required to meet their fiduciary responsibility.  That includes acting with due care, following the plan document, diversifying plan investments, and paying only...Continue Reading

Congratulations to our newly certified CPAs, Deborah Jacobs and Jarom Haynie.  Deborah joined the firm in 2013 and is a Supervisor in our ARSA Solutions group.  She graduated from the University Alabama in Huntsville with a BSBA in Accounting in 2004.  Deborah is a Certified QuickBooks Advanced ProAdvisor and works with our CFO Services, Outsourced Accounting...Continue Reading

We are so excited to welcome Hunter Meeks and Taylor Propst to the ARSA family! These two absolutely shined during their internship and we are proud to now have them on the team as Staff Accountants.     Continue Reading

We were honored to be a Silver Sponsor of the SBDC Small Business Expo and our very own Scott Hand, CPA was asked to present on Trends in Taxation. Hope you could make it but if not check out the link for more about the UAH Small Business Development Center! https://www.uah.edu/sbdcContinue Reading

ARSA is pleased to announce the firm’s continued growth in the Central Florida market.  We have hired Mary Manning, CPA, to support the growing demand of our Florida clients.  Mary has an MBA from the University of Wisconsin and more than 30 years’ experience in business finance.  She brings vast knowledge in corporate controllership, government...Continue Reading

ARSA was excited to participate in the Huntsville GovCon Growth Summit at the Jackson Center today with Unanet. The day kicked off with a presentation by the Bloomberg Government analyst team, reviewing the Huntsville market and discussing the growth opportunities available to the region.  Our very own, Brandon Smith, CPA, moderated a CFO panel, featuring four...Continue Reading

As a trusted advisor, we continue to bring value to our clients by thinking proactively about the years to come, not just the years past.  With the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, some deductions that were previously deductible in full, will be limited.  One of such deductions is the $10,000 limit of...Continue Reading