Audit 307670

Title: NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Accounting Policies: Basis of presentation – The schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. The information in these schedules is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U. S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) and the Texas Grant Management Standards. Federal and state expenses include allowable expenses funded by federal and state grants. Allowable costs are subject to the cost principles of the Uniform Guidance and the Texas Grant Management Standards, and include both costs that are capitalized and costs that are recognized as expenses in the Center’s financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The Center utilizes the 10% de minimus cost rate for indirect costs or rates as stated by contract. The Center does not have any subrecipients. Because the schedules present only a selected portion of the operations of the Center, they are not intended to and do not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of the Center. De Minimis Rate Used: Y Rate Explanation: Auditee does not have an approved indirect cost rate and chooses to use the 10% de minimis cost rate. Basis of presentation – The schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting. The information in these schedules is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U. S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance) and the Texas Grant Management Standards. Federal and state expenses include allowable expenses funded by federal and state grants. Allowable costs are subject to the cost principles of the Uniform Guidance and the Texas Grant Management Standards, and include both costs that are capitalized and costs that are recognized as expenses in the Center’s financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. The Center utilizes the 10% de minimus cost rate for indirect costs or rates as stated by contract. The Center does not have any subrecipients. Because the schedules present only a selected portion of the operations of the Center, they are not intended to and do not present the financial position, changes in net assets, or cash flows of the Center.