- Documenting Board Approval for Payroll Contracts
- Travel Reimbursements – Tips for Uncommon Scenarios
- Why Segregation of Duties Matters in an IT Environment
- Don’t Hold Your Breath: Why Water and Wastewater Rates in Arizona Aren’t Falling Anytime Soon
- Do Your Due Diligence!
- What Happens When Cash Isn’t Reconciled
- Adjacent Ways Projects: Capitalize or Expense?
- Excel Made Easy – VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP
- Physical Inventory Considerations
- I Submitted a December Budget Revision, Now What?
Author Archives: Diane Bradley
More Liabilities, Please! Changes to Reporting Compensated Absences under GASB 101
In June 2022, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued a new standard to update the guidance for reporting on Compensated Absences. GASB 101, Compensated Absences replaces the old standard GASB 16, which was issued over 30 years previously. GASB … read more
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Tagged Brittney Williams, compensated absences, financial report, GASB, governmental accounting, liabilities
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Property Control and Tagging Item Concerns for USFR Compliance
The USFR Compliance Questionnaire requires Arizona school districts to appropriately tag stewardship and capital asset items that should then correspond to a district’s stewardship or capital asset listing. The sample size for this requirement has increased over the past few … read more
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Tagged Arizona school districts, audit, capital assets, compliance questionnaire, internal control, inventory, stewardship, tagging, USFR
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Starting a P-Card Program
Starting a purchasing card program can be a great way of making the acquisition process more efficient. Purchasing cards will help reduce the time required to acquire and obtain goods/services from vendors who don’t accept purchase orders. However, the increase … read more
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Tagged accounts payable, Antonio Romero, Arizona, internal controls, p-cards, procurement, purchasing, school district, USFR
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10 Common Grant School Single Audit Findings
Grant schools are often subject to annual Single Audits to test compliance with federal regulations. Here at HeinfeldMeech, we perform numerous single audits for various community grant schools, among other types of governmental and nonprofit entities. In this article, we’ll … read more
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Tagged BIE, community grant school, compliance, findings, internal controls, Robyn Krise, Single Audit, tribal school
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Goals and Objectives of Governmental Financial Statements
Governmental financial statements are unique in the world of accounting, and the recent flurry of new accounting pronouncements has added to the uniqueness. For perspective, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued 13 pronouncements in the last five years, … read more
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Tagged accounting, Arizona, audit, financial information, financial statements, GAS, GASB, government, Mike Hoerig, school district
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The Benefits of Establishing and Communicating Written Policies and Procedures for Non-Profit Organizations
No matter the size, structure, or mission, a non-profit organization can benefit from developing written policies and procedures and making them accessible to employees. While we often use these terms interchangeably, there are distinct differences between the two. Policies create … read more
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Tagged audit, compliance, internal controls, Makenzi Johnson, nonprofit, NPO, policies and procedures
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Student Fundraisers – Get Them Approved!
Student activities fundraisers provide a great opportunity to teach students valuable life skills while also generating financial support for their club’s goals. Student clubs are the only group authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes to hold a school fundraiser. School district … read more
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Tagged Arizona, fundraisers, fundraising, Kara Curtis, school district, student activities, student clubs, USFR
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