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Tag Archives: CPA
Emily A. Zamora, CPA
Areas of Expertise: Working with school districts, grant schools, municipalities, and non-profit organizations Governmental and non-profit accounting Recipient of the Advanced Single Audit Certificate from the AICPA Reviews of ACFRs for ASBO International’s Certificate of Excellence Program Meritorious Budget Award … read more
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Tagged Arizona, CPA, CPA firm, Emily Powell, Emily Zamora, government, grant school, NAU, nonprofit, NPO, Phoenix, school districts, Scottsdale
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Foundational Information for the Reporting of Assets by School Districts
Capital asset maintenance is an area often overlooked by school districts. Given the amount of background knowledge and manipulation required to ensure that assets are reported correctly, the task can seem intimidating. To successfully begin the process of maintaining asset … read more
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Tagged account codes, account coding, accounting, Arizona, capital assets, CPA, enterprise resource planning, ERP, financial reporting, Sarah Jacobs, school districts, USFR
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Christopher Heinfeld Joins Arizona State Board of Accountancy Advisory Committee
HeinfeldMeech is pleased to announce that Christopher W. Heinfeld, CPA has been appointed to sit on the Accounting and Auditing Advisory Committee of the Arizona State Board of Accountancy. Christopher is an audit partner in HeinfeldMeech’s Tucson office and began … read more
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Tagged Accounting and Auditing Advisory Committee, Arizona State Board of Accountancy, audit, Christopher Heinfeld, CPA, CPA firm
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Data, Data and More Data – How to Make it Work for You!
In the past, decision-making was much simpler, but we often got it wrong because although we knew a lot about one or two options, we didn’t know what our other choices were or we made poor choices anyway. A historic … read more
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Tagged Arizona, CPA, data analysis, data bias, data management, Melanie Askew, school district
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Auditor Prepared Financial Statements – What Your School District Needs to Know
A few years ago, I recorded a video blog on The Do’s and Dont’s of Reviewing Your School District Audited Financial Statements. This blog reviewed key information that your school district should know in order to perform a thorough and … read more
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Tagged AFR, Arizona, auditor, CAFR, CPA, financial statements, independent, non-attest service, review, Sara Kirk, school district
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Are You Ready for PPP 2.0?
On December 27, 2020 a new COVID-19 relief bill was signed into law. This relief bill contains a new version of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and some updates to the old PPP that are important as well. New funding … read more
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Tagged Arizona, COVID-19, CPA, loan, Michael Lauzon, nonprofit, not-for-profit, NPO, paycheck protection program, Payroll Protection Program, PPP
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