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Opinion 2000-20
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. FIRE DISTRICTS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (membership in volunteer firefighters museum) -- Powers and Duties … that the fire district will receive sufficient benefits in furtherance of its statutory purposes to constitute fair …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-2000-20XIV.2 Obligation, Accounting and Budget Dates – XIV. Special Procedures
… section defines dates required for various transactions in the Statewide Financial System (SFS). In SFS, transactions are recorded to open accounting periods (i.e., periods in which a transaction can be posted). The current accounting …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xiv/xiv2-obligation-accounting-and-budget-datesXIX.2.A Project IDs and Description – XIX. Project Costing (PCIP)
… Project ID Project ID in SFS is an internal identifier to capture costs related to … Project IDs are selected on transactions and collected in Project Costing for billing and reporting purposes. When setting up projects in SFS, agencies should use the best practice of ‘NEXT’ …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xix/xix2a-project-ids-and-descriptionTown of Chemung – Conflict of Interest (2022M-176)
… Town of Chemung (Town) officials had prohibited interests in Town contracts. Key Findings Two Board members are the … to the Town, totaling $5,931, during our audit period. In accordance with New York State General Municipal Law … the Board members were deemed to have an interest in each of the contracts. As no statutory exceptions applied …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2022/12/16/town-chemung-conflict-interest-2022m-176CUNY Bulletin No. CU-329
… the procedures to process nonresident alien scholarships in PayServ. Affected Employees CUNY nonresident alien … income tax treaty rate for nonresident aliens temporarily in the United States on “F,” “J,” “M” or “Q” visas. In order to report this income separately, OSC has …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/city-university-new-york/cu-329-payment-and-reporting-cuny-nonresident-alien-scholarshipsGenesee Community College - Procurement, Cash Disbursements and College President's Compensation (2019M-81)
… Determine whether: Goods and services were procured in a manner consistent with the procurement policy. Cash … and approved. The President’s salary and benefits were in accordance with his employment contract. Key Findings … function. The President received approximately $142,000 in monetary benefits over six years that were not clearly …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/community-college/2019/10/04/genesee-community-college-procurement-cash-disbursements-and-collegeVillage of Red Hook - Procurement and Claims Auditing (2019M-100)
… whether Village officials procured goods and services in compliance with the procurement policy. Determine whether … Appendix B includes our comments on issues raised in the Village’s response letter. … Determine whether Village officials procured goods and services in compliance with the procurement policy …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/village/2019/10/11/village-red-hook-procurement-and-claims-auditing-2019m-100VIII.1.E Operating and Appropriated Transfers – VIII. Accounts Payable Journal Vouchers & General Ledger Journal Entries
… Appropriated transfers move monies originally deposited in one fund to another fund. Operating transfers are … are always completed using a General Ledger Journal Entry in SFS; cannot be bulkloaded and instead MUST be completed in an online application; and must use the designated account …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-viii/viii1e-operating-and-appropriated-transfersOverview – Membership and Enrollment
… System (NYSLRS) is one of the largest retirement systems in the United States with more than 1.2 million members, … the best-managed and best-funded public retirement systems in the nation. NYSLRS administers two distinct systems: The … lifetime defined pension benefit . New members will lock in the benefits of Tier 6. Other advantages of membership …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/retirement/employers/membership-enrollment/overviewState Agencies Bulletin No. 332
… agencies that they now have access to other query tables in QRY1 Affected Employees Agency users who create or run … Date 08/19/2002 Parent Tables with the Added Tables in QRY1 Users must have access to the parent table in order to have access to the added table. Parent Table …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/payroll-bulletins/state-agencies/332-query-access-additional-tablesOpinion 88-4
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. COUNTIES -- Powers and Duties (providing … MUNICIPAL FUNDS -- Appropriations and Expenditures (in recognition of municipal service - refreshments to foster … county may provide refreshments for trainees participating in a county foster parent training program. Article 6 of the …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-4Opinion 88-75
… or statutory amendments that bear on the issues discussed in the opinion. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST -- Legal Services … is a profit corporation and which represents the city in a lawsuit would have a prohibited interest in the contract between the firm and the city if the city …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/legal-opinions/opinion-88-75Piseco Common School District – Authorized Investments (2023M-172)
… Common School District (District) officials invested in accordance with statutory requirements. Key Findings District officials did not invest in accordance with statutory requirements. As a result, … to the District’s investment policy and invested $35,000 in an investment account that is not statutorily authorized. …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/school-district/2024/03/15/piseco-common-school-district-authorized-investments-2023m-172Town of Greenville – Tax Collector (2020M-81)
… Collector properly recorded, deposited and remitted money in a timely manner. Key Findings The Tax Collector did not properly record or remit money in a timely manner. The Tax Collector’s records were insufficient to determine whether she deposited money in a timely manner. Property tax collections totaling $5.4 …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2020/10/23/town-greenville-tax-collector-2020m-81XVI.3.E The Reporting Entity – XVI. Financial Reporting
… Preparation: BACKGROUND New York State is involved in providing a full range of services to its citizens. Many … various State agencies, whose activities are accounted for in numerous funds. Such agencies are logically part of the … activities and financial transactions are accounted for in separate, independent accounting and reporting systems and …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xvi/xvi3e-reporting-entityXII.8.G Payment Methods – XII. Expenditures
… This section advises agencies on payment methods available in the Statewide Financial System (SFS). There are four available payment methods in the SFS: check, two-day Automated Clearing House … ACH payments are the primary vendor payment methods in the SFS. Check payments are physical, printed checks that …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/state-agencies/gfo/chapter-xii/xii8g-payment-methodsTown of Hurley – Transfer Station Collections (2024M-132)
… were adequately supported, recorded and remitted in a timely manner. Key Findings We determined that transfer station collections were remitted in a timely manner. However, they were not adequately … of Hurley (Town) collecting approximately $51,800 less in fees than it should have for the collected waste. Over a …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/local-government/audits/town/2025/04/11/town-hurley-transfer-station-collections-2024m-132Plattekill Public Library – Procurement and Investment of Funds (2020M-143)
Determine whether the Plattekill Public Library (Library) Board of Trustees (Board) made purchases in compliance with its procurement policy and invested in accordance with statutory requirements and its adopted investment policy.
https://www.osc.ny.gov/files/local-government/audits/2021/pdf/plattekill-2020-143.pdfDiNapoli: Audit Cites East Clinton Fire District For Improper Gifts
… Officials in Dutchess County’s East Clinton Fire District improperly paid nearly $35,000 in personal expenses for members, including rent, cable … to uncover lax oversight and misuse of taxpayer dollars in fire districts. I will continue to audit these entities so …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2014/02/dinapoli-audit-cites-east-clinton-fire-district-improper-giftsDiNapoli: New York Sending More Tax Dollars to Federal Government Than it Gets Back
… New York State received 84 cents for every dollar it sent in taxes to the federal government in 2016, a wider gap than three years before, according to a … DiNapoli. "New York sent an estimated $40.9 billion more in tax payments to Washington in 2016 than it received back …
https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2017/10/dinapoli-new-york-sending-more-tax-dollars-federal-government-it-gets-back