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Glens Falls Common School District - Cash Management (2019M-177)
… earnings could have been increased by $45,330 during the audit period. Key Recommendations Ensure available funds …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/11/15/glens-falls-common-school-district-cash-management-2019m-177Moriah Central School District - Cash Management (2019M-65)
… rates, revenue would have increased by $61,162 during the audit period. Key Recommendations Prepare monthly cash …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2019/06/14/moriah-central-school-district-cash-management-2019m-65IX.8.D Electronic Refund Payments to the U.S. HHS – IX. Federal Grants
… an audit disallowance, or any scenario where there is no new cash being posted to SFS, and an expenditure is being …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/chapter-ix/ix8d-electronic-refund-payments-us-hhsXVI.3.D Basis of Accounting/Measurement Focus – XVI. Financial Reporting
… Governmental Accounting (NCGA) Statement 1 GASB Statement No. 63 – Financial Reporting of Deferred Outflows of … to Financial Operations REV. 04/23/2019 … GASB Statement No …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3d-basis-accountingmeasurement-focusDiNapoli Op-Ed in Crain's New York Business
… Covid Relief Funds? The new state budget reflects robust tax revenue growth and an unprecedented infusion of federal … even for New York, which has been among the largest net tax-dollar losers. But the extraordinary federal aid is …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/04/dinapoli-op-ed-crains-new-york-businessOntario-Seneca-Yates-Cayuga-Wayne Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) – Multiyear Planning and Software Management (2016M-249)
… was to assess BOCES’ multiyear planning, including reserve funds, and software management for the period July 1, 2014 … intentions for accumulating, maintaining and using reserve funds. BOCES officials established the retiree health … BOCES officials did not take corrective action to return funds to the component and participating districts. Key …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/boces/2016/12/09/ontario-seneca-yates-cayuga-wayne-board-cooperative-educational-services-bocesMount Sinai Union Free School District – Financial Management (2013M-227)
… use of fund balance for the period July 1, 2011, through June 30, 2013. Background The Mount Sinai Union Free School … used less than $1 million for District operations. As a result, the District’s unexpended surplus funds routinely … funds. Discontinue the practice of adopting budgets that result in appropriating unexpended surplus funds that will …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2013/10/16/mount-sinai-union-free-school-district-financial-management-2013m-227Town of Butler – Financial Management (2024M-119)
… maintained an excessive unrestricted fund balance in the townwide and TOV funds. As of December 31, 2023, the … encumbrance for a plow truck that was not recorded in the accounting records or reported on the 2023 Annual …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2024/12/24/town-butler-financial-management-2024m-119Legal Aid Society
… estate rentals and found Legal Aid spent these AFC program funds appropriately.However, we found Courts overpaid Legal … appropriately reconcile fringe benefits at year end, moved funds in every non-personal services budget category without … and/or unreconciled expenses or the unapproved movement of funds between budget categories. Had Courts exercised the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2015/08/26/legal-aid-societyDiNapoli Releases Report on Tax Check-Off Donations
… funds that were eligible to receive contributions saw a slight decline in total donations, as well as in the number … fiscal year (SFY), according to a report released today by State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. A report issued by … office in 2014 found that large amounts of money were being collected in various funds but not being spent on the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2021/02/dinapoli-releases-report-tax-check-off-donationsComptroller DiNapoli Announces $50 Million Toward Small Business Relief, Job Retention
… Corporation). Returns to the Fund will be consistent with U.S. Treasury securities. “New York small businesses are … for opportunities to help New Yorkers that are consistent with our fiduciary responsibility to the pension fund.” The … Comptroller’s office and the Fund have a long relationship with Pursuit having provided funds for business loans to help …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/04/comptroller-dinapoli-announces-50-million-toward-small-business-relief-job-retentionDiNapoli Releases December State Cash Report
… projected when the budget was enacted. Spending from All Funds through Dec. 31 was up by 5.3 percent from a year … in the General Fund (including transfers from other funds) totaled $50.3 billion through the first three … focuses primarily on the General Fund and All Governmental Funds. The General Fund is the major operating fund of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/01/dinapoli-releases-december-state-cash-reportComptroller DiNapoli Releases Municipal Audits
… the lack of monitoring financial operations throughout the year. The budgets in both the water and sewer funds were not …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2015/02/comptroller-dinapoli-releases-municipal-audits-0State Comptroller DiNapoli Releases School District Audits
… appropriations by a total of $24 million from 2017-18 through 2020-21. Officials could not explain how the … to fulfill the board’s claims audit responsibilities. As a result, there is an increased risk that improper or …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2022/03/state-comptroller-dinapoli-releases-school-district-auditsMonitoring and Administration of Public Protection Grant Programs
… Objective To determine whether the Division of Criminal Justice Services (Division) is adequately … providing resources and services that improve the quality of the criminal justice system. To that end, the Division … in the 17 counties that account for about 85 percent of violent crime – such as aggravated assault, forcible rape, …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/audits/2020/04/24/monitoring-and-administration-public-protection-grant-programsCity of Amsterdam – Budget Review (B20-5-8)
… the City’s general, transportation, sewer and recreation funds accumulated as of June 30, 2018. On June 25, 2020, the … The adopted budgets for the general and recreation funds are not structurally balanced because they include subsidies from other funds to finance their operations. The adopted budget …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/city/2020/09/25/city-amsterdam-budget-review-b20-5-8Ulster County – Financial Condition (2014M-27)
… totaled approximately $290 million. Key Finding Surplus funds are below the County’s policy which states that fund … Closely monitor the level of unexpended surplus funds in the general fund and ensure that budgets are … balanced without depleting the unexpended surplus funds. … Ulster County Financial Condition 2014M27 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/county/2014/05/09/ulster-county-financial-condition-2014m-27Town of Moriah - Cash Management (2019M-169)
Determine whether Town officials maximized interest earnings
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2019/11/27/town-moriah-cash-management-2019m-169Village of Greenwich - Cash Management (2019M-230)
… interest earnings. Key Findings The Board did not develop and manage a comprehensive investment program to ensure … officials generally agreed with our recommendations and have initiated, or indicated they planned to initiate …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2020/04/17/village-greenwich-cash-management-2019m-230II.4.B Basis of Accounting – II. New York State Financial Accounting
… The State prepares financial statements on three bases of accounting: cash, modified accrual and accrual. Financial … functions are financed). Under GAAP, the accrual basis of accounting shall be used for the government-wide financial … funds, component units and fiduciary funds. The cash basis of accounting is used for budgetary purposes. For additional …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-ii/ii4b-basis-accounting