A DCAA and legal billing best practice requiring time to be recorded at or near the time work is performed rather than retrospectively, ensuring accuracy and authenticity of time records for government contracts and professional services billing.
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Contemporaneous time entry is the practice of recording time at or near the moment work is performed, rather than reconstructing time entries from memory hours, days, or weeks later.
DCAA Requirements: For government contractors, DCAA mandates that employees track time daily and in real time, logging time only for the current day.
Legal Profession Standards: Law firms must maintain contemporaneous time records to withstand scrutiny in fee disputes and to comply with ethical billing requirements.
Accuracy: Memory-based time reconstruction typically results in 15-25% under-reporting of billable time and inaccurate project allocation.
Many DCAA-compliant time tracking systems enforce contemporaneous entry by:
N/A - This is a time tracking practice, not a paid service.