- Wildfire and Disaster Funding Opportunities for Arizona Cities and Towns
- Preparing for the Future of Single Audits: Navigating the Latest AICPA Guidance
- Common Audit Requests for Selections and the ADM 15
- 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?
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Emily Skibitsky, CPA, MBA
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Kristi Smith
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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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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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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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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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