Federal obligations in other accounting services (NAICS 541219)

A residual accounting code, not CPA-office NAICS 541211

NAICS 541219 is the “other” bucket inside accounting services. Work that contracting officers cannot place on CPA offices or payroll/bookkeeping named lines can land here. The $3,851,910,326.34 total is that residual tag, not a census of every federal audit. Named 5412 lines stay separate.

A Big Four audit tagged 541211 will not raise this residual row unless the award itself carries 541219. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not a state-board license roster and not an FEC employer string such as “accountant.”

1,259 awards on a $3.85 billion obligation stock

One thousand two hundred fifty-nine awards produced $3,851,910,326.34 in obligations. That is a thinner action count than catalog supply codes. Large audit-support vehicles can dominate a residual class; the packet does not name them. The table shows tagged dollars and the 1,259-award count.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments for delivered accounting work and are not this $3,851,910,326.34 rollup. A multi-year vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow deliverables. The industry page does not convert obligations into a timesheet calendar.

How USAspending attaches this NAICS

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. Single-audit reimbursements inside grants and many IG-capacity assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 1,259 awards. Open program pages for grant-funded audit work.

The label is a Census residual professional-services classification. It is not a PCAOB registrant list and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $3,851,910,326.34 and the 1,259-award count.

What the 541219 table is and is not

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that books were restated, that an audit failed, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score audit quality from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $3,851,910,326.34 headline, to separate two firms. Subcontracted specialists may be missing if the prime coded 541219. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 5412 accounting codes

Offices of CPAs (541211) and tax-preparation services are separate pages. Adding them to $3,851,910,326.34 would mix named accounting classes with this residual. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 1,259-award count. For a firm that holds both residual-accounting contracts and grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 541219 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Residual tagging on mixed accounting catalogs

A CPA-office award tagged 541211 will not raise the 1,259-award count. A residual accounting vehicle tagged 541219 sits in $3,851,910,326.34 even if the same prime also holds a 541211 audit. SpendingVault does not merge those rows. Payroll PEOs sit on other administrative codes.

Searchers who want “all federal accounting contractors” must add 541211 and related 5412 lines and will still miss IG staff on the GS rolls. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 541219 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called accountant. The $3,851,910,326.34 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that end a support task will lower the running total without publishing a finding-count statistic on this hub. Open award rows for task descriptions. Neighboring 5412 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 541219.

A residual accounting task tagged 541219 still sits in $3,851,910,326.34; a CPA-office audit tagged 541211 does not. The 1,259 awards remain an action count, not a license census. Keep payroll-PEO codes on their own pages. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 541219 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Single-audit work funded as assistance without NAICS stays outside this contract rollup. Do not add 541211 into $3,851,910,326.34 without documenting a recode. The 1,259 awards stay an action file, not a state-board roster. Open award rows for CLIN-level descriptions the NAICS hub does not publish. Neighboring codes stay on their own SpendingVault industry pages unless those awards were tagged 541219. Keep obligations distinct from outlays on this rollup. Assistance awards without NAICS remain outside the contract tag. The packet reports only this NAICS tag from USAspending.gov contract actions, not outlays and not assistance without a NAICS field. Do not treat this industry total as an FEC employer string or as a cash-outlay extract from Treasury.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 541219?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $3,851,910,326.34 in obligations across 1,259 awards tagged other accounting services. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance awards without NAICS are omitted. It is not an FEC employer string and not a combined total of neighboring NAICS codes.

Does this include CPA firm audits tagged 541211?

Offices of certified public accountants are NAICS 541211. Those awards will not add to the $3,851,910,326.34 total unless tagged 541219. The 1,259 awards are the residual other-accounting contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 541211 is a recode you must document.

Does this include payroll or PEO contracts?

Payroll processing and professional employer organizations sit on other administrative NAICS lines. Those awards will not add to the $3,851,910,326.34 total unless tagged 541219. The 1,259 awards are the residual accounting contract tag. Open those industry pages for PEO totals, not this 541219 rollup.

Are these figures outlays or obligations?

They are obligations: legally binding commitments on contract actions. Outlays are payments and are not this $3,851,910,326.34 rollup. Modifications can change obligations without a same-day payment. SpendingVault cites USAspending.gov contract NAICS for the 1,259 awards, not a Treasury cash extract.