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The Defense Finance and Accounting Service is the Department of Defense's finance and accounting organization. Among many responsibilities, it is the entity that actually pays the bills, including the invoices contractors submit on defense contracts. If a buying command awards the work and DCMA helps administer it, DFAS is often where payment ultimately comes from.
On most defense contracts, invoicing and acceptance run through electronic systems that feed DFAS, which then disburses payment once the invoice is valid and the work or deliverable has been accepted. Payment depends on everything lining up: a correct invoice, a clean contract record, and documented acceptance. When one of those is off, payment stalls.
Cash flow can make or break a small business, and DFAS is where invoice problems surface. The most common delays are self-inflicted: invoices that do not match the contract, missing acceptance, or registration lapses in SAM.gov. Submitting clean, contract-compliant invoices and keeping your records current is the difference between getting paid on time and chasing your money. It works hand in hand with the contract administration that DCMA performs.
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