Notes to SEFA
Accounting Policies: 1. General - The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal/State Awards (Schedule) presents the activityof all the federal awards of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council (Council). The information inthis Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards(Uniform Guidance). The Councils reporting entity is defined in Note I to the Councils basic financialstatements. All federal awards received directly from Federal agencies and state and federal awards passedthrough state agencies are included on the Schedule. Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion ofthe operations of the Council, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position or changes in net position of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council.2. Basis of Accounting Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting.Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance and/or OMBA-133, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited to reimbursement.The Council has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.3. Relationship to Basic Financial Statements Federal and State awards expenditures are reported in the Councils basic financial statements as follows:Total governmental fund expenditures $32,515,956Less: Governmental fund non-grant general government expenditures ( 3,522,445 )Grant expenditures funded with Council resources ( 254,327 )Grant expenditures per Schedule $ 28,739,1844. Relationship to Federal Financial Status Reports Amounts reported on the Schedule may not agree with theamounts reported in the related Federal/State financial status reports filed with grantor agencies, because of theeffect of accruals made in the Schedule.5. Loan Programs The following are the loan balances that are still under compliance requirements for theDepartment of Housing & Urban Development Disaster Recovery Program at the end of December 31, 2022:HAP $ 0HOP $ 0Rapid $ 0Multi-Family Construction $ 5,523,409Single-Family Construction $ 389,902
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.