Cost Allocation Plans

MAXIMUS can help you maintain a current cost allocation plan to protect your General Fund. Our experienced professionals are the national leaders in providing Cost Allocation Plans for cities, counties, and special districts. We utilize our proprietary Web-based MAXCARS+ cost allocation and rate system solution to help you develop indirect cost allocation plans.

Accounting For It All

MAXIMUS Cost Allocation Plan Services and the MAXCARS+ Solution ensure that your costs are easily planned and tracked directly to your funding, including:

• Revenues generated from federal and state programs, enterprise funds (e.g., water, sewer, and airport); special purpose districts; and bond funds
• Overhead costs recovered by incorporating indirect cost rates into grant applications
• Maintaining compliance with the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-87
• General city costs recovered through user fees
• Citywide indirect overhead cost calculations for ICRP, hourly rates, user fees, SB90 claiming
• Annual OMB A-87 required plan for all counties
• Indirect department overhead calculations
• OMB A-87 cost plan requirements for federal grants
• Increases for SB 90 reimbursement

Benefits to You

With hundreds of cities and counties served and an unparalleled level of support, MAXIMUS Cost Allocation & Planning Services will help you:

• Build and maintain cost allocation plans
• Better organize contact and task information
• Enable better control over reporting
• Perform additional side-calculations
• Provide security mechanisms to protect the integrity of your data