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Rochester City School District – Budget Review (B20-2-1)
… City School District’s (District) adopted budgets for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 fiscal years. Background The … Comptroller DiNapoli immediately deployed staff to begin a review. Key Findings Due to several inaccurate estimates, … 30, 2020. Key Recommendation Our Office developed a two-part approach. The first effort is the recent review of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2020/01/23/rochester-city-school-district-budget-review-b20-2-1Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School Audits
… to ensure that they were accurate, properly supported and for valid district purposes. Auditors discovered purchase … received and a lack of adequate supporting documentation for purchases. Mount Morris Central School District – …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/06/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-auditsEmpire BlueCross – Controls Over Payments for Special Items (Follow-Up)
… Objective To assess the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit … Empire BlueCross (Empire) administers the hospital portion of the Empire Plan. Empire processes claims for hospital …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/02/25/empire-bluecross-controls-over-payments-special-items-followII.3 Overview – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… elections when it must be submitted by February 1. The financial cycle is the process through which New York State manages its financial resources while providing services to the people of … the state. The financial cycle includes four major phases: PLANNING the spending and revenues to meet the state's …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii3-overviewInternal Controls Over Selected Financial Operations
… SLA also enforces the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law, including inspecting licensed premises and permit … Center (BSC) performs many administrative functions on behalf of SLA, such as accounts payable and receivable, … travel card charges. Take appropriate follow-up action on outstanding charges. … To determine whether the Division …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/09/30/internal-controls-over-selected-financial-operationsDiNapoli: Tax Cap Below Two Percent
… first applied to local governments and school districts in 2012, limits annual tax levy increases to the lesser of … 31 had their levy growth capped at less than 2 percent in three years. Levy growth was capped at 2 percent for these municipalities due to inflation above 2 percent in recent years. Chart List of Tax Levy Growth Factors Report …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/07/dinapoli-tax-cap-below-two-percentDiNapoli: School District Tax Levy Growth to Remain Below Two Percent
… Property tax levy growth for school districts will be capped … as 10 cities, including the “Big Four”cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Yonkers. “For the fourth consecutive … the cap with 60 percent voter approval of their budget. Last year, school districts and the 10 cities of Amsterdam, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/01/dinapoli-school-district-tax-levy-growth-remain-below-two-percentHoneoye Falls-Lima Central School District – Financial Management and Competitive Procurement (2016M-124)
… Key Findings The Board did not adopt budgets based on historical or known trends but overestimated expenditures … actual needs and include realistic estimates based on historical trends or other identified analysis. Develop a … procurement of goods and services that are not required by law to be competitively bid. … Honeoye FallsLima Central …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2016/08/26/honeoye-falls-lima-central-school-district-financial-management-andDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections in August Increase by Nearly 13% Over Last Year
… Local sales tax collections in New York state increased by 12.6% statewide in August … made to counties and tax-imposing cities are based on estimates by the Department of Taxation and Finance. In …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/09/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-august-increase-nearly-13-percent-over-last-yearDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collections Up Nearly 12% in July
… totaled $1.8 billion, up $188 million as compared to July of last year. “Statewide local sales tax collections growth … continued to be strong in July, despite the participation of many counties in the gas tax holiday,” DiNapoli said. … year-over-year growth in July collections, with Schuyler County experiencing the largest increase at 19.6%, followed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/08/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collections-nearly-12-percent-julyCaledonia Joint Fire District – Board Oversight of Long-Term Planning (2024M-102)
… (Board) and District officials properly planned for long-term financial and capital needs. Key Findings … the Board and District officials did not properly plan for these long-term financial and capital needs. The Board … a written policy related to fund balance and reserves. For example, the Board and District officials maintained a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/fire-district/2024/11/08/caledonia-joint-fire-district-board-oversight-long-term-planning-2024m-102Gowanda Central School District – Financial Management (2024M-104)
… budgeting practices were not transparent and resulted in the District exceeding the statutory limit on surplus fund … finance operations as a means to accumulate surplus funds in excess of the legal limit is in effect a reservation of fund balance that artificially …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/12/13/gowanda-central-school-district-financial-management-2024m-104Delaware Academy Central School District at Delhi – Financial Management (2024M-21)
… million, or 10.4 percentage points, as of June 30, 2023.For perspective, the recalculated surplus fund balance as of … fund 22 full-time employees’ unemployment expenditures for the maximum benefit. Key Recommendations Adopt realistic …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/08/09/delaware-academy-central-school-district-delhi-financial-management-2024mTown of Pleasant Valley – Financial Management (2024M-158)
… to fund operations, including $439,870 in the general fund for the audit period and $603,395 in four of the five years reviewed for the highway fund. Accumulated surpluses resulting in … funds will be used. As a result, there was no rationale for accumulating significant fund balances. Did not adopt a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/05/09/town-pleasant-valley-financial-management-2024m-158I.4 Supplemental Information – I. OSC Guide to Financial Operations Overview
… The following supplemental information is available to provide further details on statewide accounting procedures … of the Budget (DOB) Policies Statewide Vendor File Guide to Financial Operations REV. 09/14/2015 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-i/i4-supplemental-informationReporting Resources
… Glossary What's New Holder Education webinar modules on demand - Coming Soon! … Resources for holders of unclaimed …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/unclaimed-funds/reporters/reporting-resourcesMedicaid Managed Care Organization Fraud and Abuse Detection (Follow-Up)
… the implementation status of the 11 recommendations made in our initial audit report, Medicaid Managed Care … been excluded or terminated from the Medicaid program. In addition, MCOs are required to have effective compliance … that only eligible health care providers participate in Medicaid. We issued our initial audit report on July 15, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2018/08/22/medicaid-managed-care-organization-fraud-and-abuse-detection-followDiNapoli: Local Sales Tax Collection Growth Highest Since 2013
Local sales tax collection growth accelerated in 2017 according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P DiNapoli Collections across the state grew by $620 million or 39 percent from the previous year marking the highest yearoveryear growth since 2013
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2018/01/dinapoli-local-sales-tax-collection-growth-highest-2013State Agencies Bulletin No. 1477
… the chart of accounts strings mapped to the Position Pools in PayServ. Affected Employees All employee records will be … SUNY (except Agency Code 28990) & CUNY Background In order to correctly calculate the charges for the split … references where $0 appropriations have been created in the Statewide Financial System by the Bureau of State …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1477-new-york-state-payroll-system-payserv-fiscal-year-end-roll-overState Agencies Bulletin No. 1401
… PayServ and SFS, allowing for easier reconciliation of payroll charges. Due to the delay in the SFS EE1 project, the … check dated June 3, 2015), all reports, queries and online pages will now display the new SFS chartfield strings. … NHRP522 and NHRP521), a request should be made to OSC Payroll using the email indicated below. Agency Actions …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/1401-new-york-state-payroll-system-payserv-conversion-statewide-financial