Audit 361014

Accounting Policies:  The Housing Authority uses the fund types specified by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Special revenue funds are used to account for resources restricted to, or designated for, specific purposes. Federal and state financial assistance generally is accounted for in a Special Revenue Fund because it is restricted for specific purposes.  The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. The Governmental Fund types are accounted for using a current financial resources measurement focus called the modified accrual basis of accounting. Nearly all Federal grant funds were accounted for in a Special Revenue Fund which is a Governmental Fund type. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities and the fund balance are included on the balance sheet. Operating statements of these funds present increases and decreases in net current assets. The modified accrual basis of accounting recognizes revenues in the accounting period in which they become susceptible to accrual, i.e., both measurable and available, and expenditures in the accounting period in which the fund liability is incurred, if measurable, except for unmatured interest on General Long-Term Debt, which is recognized when due, and certain compensated absences and claims and judgments, which are recognized when the obligations are expected to be liquidated with expendable available financial resources. Usually, federal grant funds are considered to be earned to the extent of expenditures made under the provisions of the grant. When Federal grant funds are received before related expenditures are made, they are recorded as deferred revenues.  The period of availability for federal grant funds for the purpose of liquidation of outstanding obligations made on or before the ending date of the federal project period extends 30 days beyond the federal project period ending date, in accordance with provisions in Section H, Period of Availability of Federal Funds, Part 3, OMB Uniform Guidance Compliance Statement. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation:  The Housing Authority has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimums indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.