Notes to SEFA
Title: Note 1-General
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule is presented using the modified accrual basis of accounting, which is described in Note 1 to the County's basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirement for Federal Awards, which is effective for new grants, issued after December 26, 2014, included changes to how indirect costs are awarded. In an effort to relieve administrative burden, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) specified that non-federal entities that have never received a negotiated indirect cost rate may elect to charge a de minimis cost rate of 10 percent of modified total direct costs, which may be used indefinitely. The County elected not to apply the de minimis rate for fiscal year 2022.
The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) presents the activity of all federal awards of the County. The County's reporting entity is defined in Note 1 to the basic financial statements. All amounts expended directly from federal agencies as well as monies passed through other government agencies are included on the Schedule.
Title: Note 3-Subrecipients
Accounting Policies: The accompanying Schedule is presented using the modified accrual basis of accounting, which is described in Note 1 to the County's basic financial statements.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirement for Federal Awards, which is effective for new grants, issued after December 26, 2014, included changes to how indirect costs are awarded. In an effort to relieve administrative burden, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) specified that non-federal entities that have never received a negotiated indirect cost rate may elect to charge a de minimis cost rate of 10 percent of modified total direct costs, which may be used indefinitely. The County elected not to apply the de minimis rate for fiscal year 2022.
Of the federal expenditures presented in the Schedule, the County provided no federal awards to a subrecipient during the year ended June 30, 2022.