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Understanding Covered-Employee Payroll   

If you are a school district that does not offer post-employment benefits other than pension benefits, then fiscal year 2015 is most likely the first year you have had to disclose covered-employee payroll amounts within your audited financial statements. GASB … read more >

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Can I Be Reimbursed for That?

The Arizona Office of the Auditor General recently released an updated FAQ section in regards to travel reimbursements amongst others. In reviewing the updates, we’ve highlighted some other specific situations that we have come across over the years: Q: I … read more >

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Going Concern Doubts – Know Your Role

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Finding the Right Board Members

For nonprofits, finding the right board members is both a fundamental and difficult task. The role of the board of directors includes overseeing the organization, establishing policies, hiring top management, approving operational budgets and fundraising. It’s important for the nonprofit … read more >

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Management’s Role in Going Concern Doubts

Going concern; it’s a discussion that management hopes to never have, and one of the more difficult subjects to broach as an auditor. Prior to FASB’s issuance of Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15 in August 2014, there was no clear … read more >

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Have You Assessed Your Risks?

Risk assessments are a common procedure performed by external auditors; however, every organization should consider performing an internal risk assessment as well. The goal of an internal risk assessment is to determine if the control structure is working as originally designed and … read more >

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Spotlight on Monitoring the Financial Health of Your Organization – Statement of Activities

Are your entity’s resources being used as effectively and efficiently as possible? This can be critical to those analyzing your financial statements both internally and externally. The amounts reported within the Statement of Activities provide valuable information about the sources … read more >

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