Notes to SEFA
Title: Basis of Presentation
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the cash basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: Sheridan County, Wyoming does not draw for indirect administrative expenses and has elected not to use the 10 percent de minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the “Schedule”) includes the federal award activity of Sheridan County, Wyoming under programs of the federal government for the year ended June 30, 2024. The information in the Schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of Sheridan County, Wyoming, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in net position, or cash flows of Sheridan County, Wyoming.
Sheridan County‘s basic financial statements include the operations of the Hospital, which expended $1,828,857 in federal awards which is not included in Sheridan County, Wyoming’s schedule of expenditures of federal awards during the year ended June 30, 2024. Our compliance audit, described in the “Opinion on Each Major Federal Program” does not include the operations of the Hospital because the component unit releases its own audited compliance reports.
Title: Payment in Lieu of Taxes – Assistance Listing Number 15.226
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the cash basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts shown on the Schedule represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: Sheridan County, Wyoming does not draw for indirect administrative expenses and has elected not to use the 10 percent de minimus indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance
To compensate local taxing units for the loss of taxes from Federally-owned and acquired lands, the Office of the Secretary, Department of the Interior makes direct payments to local governments that lost real property taxes because the jurisdiction contains eligible acres of PILT entitlement land under public law 97-258, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 6901-6907. Payments are unrestricted as to use by local governments and the program is excluded from coverage under Uniform Guidance. Consequently, the program has been excluded from the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and the determination of major programs as there is no expenditure or other requirements for the entitlement program. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, the County recognized $1,278,132 of PILT entitlement as income.