1. Your Beef Checkoff Program Achieving Expenditure Compliance Contractor Guidelines & Compliance Reviews

2. Responsibilities of Contractors
ACCOUNTABILITY
Implementing, conducting and managing programs efficiently and effectively
Achieving program results
Spending checkoff dollars in accordance with Act & Order

3. CBB Guidelines for Contractors
Part of BPOC contract
CBB pre-approval of certain expenses
USDA pre-approval of acknowledgment
Expense guidelines, acknowledgment guidelines, documentation requirements

4. Contractor Compliance Reviews
Performed during year by CBB staff
Stay in constant contact with contractors
Resolve issues identified quickly
Proactive approach
Work together to stay in compliance

5. Two Major Expense Types
Program
Direct Expenses
Examples:
Advertising costs
Retail promotion
Printed materials
Agency costs
Implementation
Allocation of Salaries &
Benefits, Admin Overhead
Examples:
Staff salaries
Staff benefits: health insurance, pension
Rent, utilities, telephone
Admin expenses: HR, accounting, IT
Equipment: copiers, printers, computers

6. Contractor Reimbursement
Checkoff dollars are paid to contractors on cost-recovery basis only

7. 2016 Beef Checkoff Contractors, Subcontractors
American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Cattlemen’s Beef Board
Meat Import Council of America
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
National Livestock Producers Association
North American Meat Institute
U.S. Meat Export Federation (subcontractor to NCBA)

8. Oversight of Federation
Time reporting
Direct expenses
Overhead expenses
Overhead cost allocation methodology and execution