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*Linked 3rd parties: affiliated entities or 3rd parties with a link | *Linked 3rd parties: affiliated entities or 3rd parties with a link |
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Report costs
SHORT GUIDELINES TO H2020 financial rules
ACTUAL COSTS
- Actual costs: can now include non-deductible VAT
- subcontracting, financial support to 3rd parties and other costs must be based on actual costs.
- Unit costs: only for personnel costs, eg SME owners' unit cost (Marie Curie only) or if foreseen in the call for specific category of costs
- Average personnel cost can only be used if based on the usual accounting practices
- Lump Sum: only if foreseen in the call for specific category of costs, eg to implement phase 1 of SME instrument
- Flat rate: only for overhead calculation
- Euro conversion: European central bank (daily exchanges rates)
3RD PARTY, CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR
- Linked 3rd parties: affiliated entities or 3rd parties with a link
- Art 14 of MGA with or without Joint and several liability (for their EU contribution)
- 3rd party - Contributions in kind free of charge or against payment are possible: eg seconded resource and are rules by Art 11 or 12 of the MGA. However the partner CANNOT charge indirect costs.
- Subcontractors: selection and work criteria should be justified, verifiable
- Art 13 MGA
- Contractors: not direct tasks to the DoA but necessary to do part of the tasks
- Art 10 MGA
PERSONNEL COSTS/TIME RECORDING
Time recording:
Timesheets are not required if the staff is only dedicated to one project; for multi project resource a timesheet is mandatory for costs declaration purpose.
Annual productive time, 2 options:
- Individual annual productive hours; it includes overtime and deduction for absences
- Standard annual productive hours: >= 90% of the workable hours hours (1548 hours)
Personnel costs calculation:
- Additional remuneration: only eligible for non profit legal entities and limited to specific criteria
- Actual personnel costs calculation: employee costs of previous year is eligible for the first 3 months of the following year without adjustments.
AUDIT OF THE COSTS
- a Certificate on the Financial Statement (CFS) is required for grant requested equal or above 325k excluding flat rate costs (indirect costs).
- Ex-ante audit: 2 year after the payment of the balance
RECEIPTS
Receipts are offset from the grant due to the no-profit rule. It applies at the project level not per beneficiary.
Type of receipts:
- selling assets purchased under the agreement
- 3rd parties financial contribution specifically to be used for the action (additional grant eg global tasks repayment)
- 3rd parties in kind contribution free of charge specifically to be used for the action and included in eligible costs
Not considered as a receipt:
- income generated by exploiting the action (conf fees)
- 3rd parties financial contribution not specifically dedicated to cover eligible costs of the action or with no obligation to repay amount unused at the end of the project