Notes to SEFA
Title: Scope of Audit Pursuant to the Uniform Guidance
Accounting Policies: The City's grant funds are accounted for on the modified cash basis of accounting. Under the modified cash basis, grant revenues are recognized when received and expnditures are recorded when paid. These grant funds are included in the "Contributions, donations and grants" line of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Regulatory Basis. The City is the recipient of federal and state grant awards. The grant programs are administered by various departments within the City. The activities of these departments are monitored by City staff to ensure compliance with the requirements of grants.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
All federal and state financial award programs of the City of Rogers, Arkansas (the City) are included in the scope of the Uniform Guidance audit. For purposes of the Schedule of Federal and State Awards (the SEFA), federal awards include those received from other agencies, the original source of which was a federal agency.
Title: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Accounting Policies: The City's grant funds are accounted for on the modified cash basis of accounting. Under the modified cash basis, grant revenues are recognized when received and expnditures are recorded when paid. These grant funds are included in the "Contributions, donations and grants" line of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Regulatory Basis. The City is the recipient of federal and state grant awards. The grant programs are administered by various departments within the City. The activities of these departments are monitored by City staff to ensure compliance with the requirements of grants.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The City's grant funds are accounted for on the modified cash basis of accounting. Under the modified cash basis, grant revenues are recognized when received and expnditures are recorded when paid. These grant funds are included in the "Contributions, donations and grants" line of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Regulatory Basis. The City is the recipient of federal and state grant awards. The grant programs are administered by various departments within the City. The activities of these departments are monitored by City staff to ensure compliance with the requirements of grants.
Title: Relationship to Federal Financial Reports
Accounting Policies: The City's grant funds are accounted for on the modified cash basis of accounting. Under the modified cash basis, grant revenues are recognized when received and expnditures are recorded when paid. These grant funds are included in the "Contributions, donations and grants" line of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Regulatory Basis. The City is the recipient of federal and state grant awards. The grant programs are administered by various departments within the City. The activities of these departments are monitored by City staff to ensure compliance with the requirements of grants.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
Grant expenditures reports as of December 31, 2022, which have been submitted to grantor agencies will, in some cases, differ slightly from amounts disclosed herein. The reports prepared for grantor agencies are typically prepared at a later date and often reflect refined estimates of the year-end accruals. The reports will agree at termination of the grant as the discrepancies noted are timing differences.
Title: 10% De Minimis Indirect Cost Rate
Accounting Policies: The City's grant funds are accounted for on the modified cash basis of accounting. Under the modified cash basis, grant revenues are recognized when received and expnditures are recorded when paid. These grant funds are included in the "Contributions, donations and grants" line of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance - Regulatory Basis. The City is the recipient of federal and state grant awards. The grant programs are administered by various departments within the City. The activities of these departments are monitored by City staff to ensure compliance with the requirements of grants.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The City has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.