Subpart D: Post-award requirements 2024 Uniform Guidance · effective Oct 1, 2024

2 CFR 200.302: Financial management

2 CFR 200.302 sets 3 requirements for organizations that receive federal grants and cooperative agreements. Applies while you manage a federal award.

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What 2 CFR 200.302 requires

1. Financial management

What you must do

Maintain a financial management system sufficient to prepare required reports and track expenditures to Federal requirements, providing: (1) identification of each Federal award (Assistance Listings title/number, Federal award identification number, year issued, awarding agency or pass-through entity); (2) accurate, current, complete disclosure of financial results per §§ 200.328–200.329; (3) records identifying the amount, source, and expenditure of Federal funds, supported by source documentation; (4) effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and assets, used solely for authorized purposes; and (5) comparison of expenditures with budget amounts for each award. States expend and account for the award under State laws and procedures.

When it applies

All Federal awards, from acceptance of funds onward.

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2. Payment

What you must do

Maintain written procedures to implement the Federal payment requirements of § 200.305 (minimizing time between transfer of funds and disbursement).

When it applies

Before requesting or receiving advance payments under the award.

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3. Allowable costs

What you must do

Maintain written procedures for determining the allowability of costs in accordance with subpart E (cost principles) and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.

When it applies

All Federal awards; procedures must exist before charging costs.

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Regulation text of 2 CFR 200.302

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(a) Each State must expend and account for the Federal award in accordance with State laws and procedures for expending and accounting for the State's funds. All recipient and subrecipient financial management systems, including records documenting compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award, must be sufficient to permit the preparation of reports required by the terms and conditions; and tracking expenditures to establish that funds have been used in accordance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. See § 200.450.

(b) The recipient's and subrecipient's financial management system must provide for the following (see §§ 200.334, 200.335, 200.336, and 200.337):

(1) Identification of all Federal awards received and expended and the Federal programs under which they were received. Federal program and Federal award identification must include, as applicable, the Assistance Listings title and number, Federal award identification number, year the Federal award was issued, and name of the Federal agency or pass-through entity.

(2) Accurate, current, and complete disclosure of the financial results of each Federal award or program in accordance with the reporting requirements in §§ 200.328 and 200.329. When a Federal agency or pass-through entity requires reporting on an accrual basis from a recipient or subrecipient that maintains its records other than on an accrual basis, the recipient or subrecipient must not be required to establish an accrual accounting system. This recipient or subrecipient may develop accrual data for its reports based on an analysis of the documentation on hand.

(3) Maintaining records that sufficiently identify the amount, source, and expenditure of Federal funds for Federal awards. These records must contain information necessary to identify Federal awards, authorizations, financial obligations, unobligated balances, as well as assets, expenditures, income, and interest. All records must be supported by source documentation.

(4) Effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and assets. The recipient or subrecipient must safeguard all assets and ensure they are used solely for authorized purposes. See § 200.303.

(5) Comparison of expenditures with budget amounts for each Federal award.

(6) Written procedures to implement the requirements of § 200.305.

(7) Written procedures for determining the allowability of costs in accordance with subpart E and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.

Source: eCFR · checked Sep 17, 2026

Questions about 2 CFR 200.302

What does 2 CFR 200.302 require?

Maintain a financial management system sufficient to prepare required reports and track expenditures to Federal requirements, providing: (1) identification of each Federal award (Assistance Listings title/number, Federal award identification number, year issued, awarding agency or pass-through entity); (2) accurate, current, complete disclosure of financial results per §§ 200.328–200.329; (3) records identifying the amount, source, and expenditure of Federal funds, supported by source documentation; (4) effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and assets, used solely for authorized purposes; and (5) comparison of expenditures with budget amounts for each award. States expend and account for the award under State laws and procedures. Maintain written procedures to implement the Federal payment requirements of § 200.305 (minimizing time between transfer of funds and disbursement). Maintain written procedures for determining the allowability of costs in accordance with subpart E (cost principles) and the terms and conditions of the Federal award.

When does 2 CFR 200.302 apply?

All Federal awards, from acceptance of funds onward. Before requesting or receiving advance payments under the award. All Federal awards; procedures must exist before charging costs.

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