diff --git a/spec/models/chargeback_container_project_spec.rb b/spec/models/chargeback_container_project_spec.rb
index 67923ba3364..e6f189588ba 100644
--- a/spec/models/chargeback_container_project_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/chargeback_container_project_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   let(:base_options) { {:interval_size => 2, :end_interval_offset => 0, :ext_options => {:tz => 'UTC'} } }
   let(:hourly_rate)       { 0.01 }
   let(:starting_date) { Time.parse('2012-09-01 23:59:59Z').utc }
-  let(:ts) { starting_date.in_time_zone(Metric::Helper.get_time_zone(options[:ext_options])) }
+  let(:ts) { starting_date.in_time_zone(Metric::Helper.get_time_zone(base_options[:ext_options])) }
   let(:report_run_time) { month_end }
   let(:month_beginning) { ts.beginning_of_month.utc }
   let(:month_end) { ts.end_of_month.utc }
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
     ChargebackRate.seed
 
     EvmSpecHelper.create_guid_miq_server_zone
-    @project = FactoryGirl.create(:container_project, :name => "my project", :ext_management_system => ems)
+    @project = FactoryGirl.create(:container_project, :name => "my project", :ext_management_system => ems,
+                                  :created_on => month_beginning)
 
     temp = {:cb_rate => chargeback_rate, :object => ems}
     ChargebackRate.set_assignments(:compute, [temp])
diff --git a/spec/models/chargeback_vm/ongoing_time_period_spec.rb b/spec/models/chargeback_vm/ongoing_time_period_spec.rb
index ed063e31d30..158c40bc78b 100644
--- a/spec/models/chargeback_vm/ongoing_time_period_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/chargeback_vm/ongoing_time_period_spec.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
   let(:tag) { Tag.find_by_name('/managed/environment/prod') }
   let(:vm) do
     ems = FactoryGirl.create(:ems_vmware)
-    vm = FactoryGirl.create(:vm_vmware, :name => 'test_vm', :evm_owner => admin, :ems_ref => 'ems_ref')
+    vm = FactoryGirl.create(:vm_vmware, :name => 'test_vm', :evm_owner => admin, :ems_ref => 'ems_ref',
+                            :created_on => start_of_all_intervals)
     vm.tag_with(tag.name, :ns => '*')
     host = FactoryGirl.create(:host, :hardware => FactoryGirl.create(:hardware,
                                                                      :memory_mb => 8124, :cpu_total_cores => 1,
diff --git a/spec/models/chargeback_vm_spec.rb b/spec/models/chargeback_vm_spec.rb
index e1cb32abbf6..82a94679cbd 100644
--- a/spec/models/chargeback_vm_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/chargeback_vm_spec.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     c = FactoryGirl.create(:classification, :name => "prod", :description => "Production", :parent_id => cat.id)
     @tag = Tag.find_by_name("/managed/environment/prod")
 
-    @vm1 = FactoryGirl.create(:vm_vmware, :name => "test_vm", :evm_owner => admin, :ems_ref => "ems_ref")
+    @vm1 = FactoryGirl.create(:vm_vmware, :name => "test_vm", :evm_owner => admin, :ems_ref => "ems_ref",
+                              :created_on => month_beginning)
     @vm1.tag_with(@tag.name, :ns => '*')
 
     @host1   = FactoryGirl.create(:host, :hardware => FactoryGirl.create(:hardware, :memory_mb => 8124, :cpu_total_cores => 1, :cpu_speed => 9576), :vms => [@vm1])
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@
 
   context 'for SCVMM (hyper-v)' do
     let!(:vm1) do
-      vm = FactoryGirl.create(:vm_microsoft)
+      vm = FactoryGirl.create(:vm_microsoft, :created_on => report_run_time - 1.day)
       vm.tag_with(@tag.name, :ns => '*')
       vm
     end