Audit 361300

FY End
2023-09-30
Total Expended
$5.10M
Findings
0
Programs
4
Organization: City of Deridder (LA)
Year: 2023 Accepted: 2025-07-02

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Findings

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Contacts

Name Title Type
VSF8GTM69196 Misty Clanton Auditee
3374628920 John Windham Auditor
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Notes to SEFA

Title: Note A. Scope of Audit Accounting Policies: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards has been prepared on the full accrual basis of accounting used by the City in preparation of the government wide financial statements that report these awards. The accounting policies of the City conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to governmental units. The preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions that affect the reported amounts of expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The city elected not to use the de minimis cost rate The audit was performed pursuant to the Single Audit Act of 1996 and the Uniform Guidance. Summary of significant accounting policies: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards has been prepared on the full accrual basis of accounting used by the City in preparation of the government wide financial statements that report these awards. The accounting policies of the City conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to governmental units. The preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions that affect the reported amounts of expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Title: Note B. Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Accounting Policies: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards has been prepared on the full accrual basis of accounting used by the City in preparation of the government wide financial statements that report these awards. The accounting policies of the City conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to governmental units. The preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions that affect the reported amounts of expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The city elected not to use the de minimis cost rate The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards presents the activity of all federal award programs of the City that were received directly from federal agencies or passed through other entities and governmental agencies. The City has prepared this Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards to comply with the provisions of the Uniform Guidance. The Uniform Guidance stipulates that a Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards be prepared showing total expenditures of each federal award program as identified in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) and for other federal financial awards that have not been assigned a catalog number.
Title: Note C. Major Federal Awards Program Accounting Policies: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards has been prepared on the full accrual basis of accounting used by the City in preparation of the government wide financial statements that report these awards. The accounting policies of the City conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to governmental units. The preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions that affect the reported amounts of expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The city elected not to use the de minimis cost rate The City’s major federal awards program for the year ended September 30, 2023 was determined based on program activity. The City’s major programs for the year ended September 30, 2023 consisted of federally assisted high risk “Type A” programs.
Title: Note D. Subsequent Events Accounting Policies: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards has been prepared on the full accrual basis of accounting used by the City in preparation of the government wide financial statements that report these awards. The accounting policies of the City conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to governmental units. The preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions that affect the reported amounts of expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The city elected not to use the de minimis cost rate The City is required to evaluate events or transactions that may occur after the schedule of expenditures of federal awards date for potential recognition or disclosure in the notes to the schedule of expenditures of federal awards. The City performed such an evaluation through the date of the opinion, which is the date which the schedule of expenditures of federal awards was available to be issued, and noted no events or transactions that occurred after the schedule of expenditures of federal awards date requiring recognition or disclosure.
Title: Note E. Indirect Cost Rate Accounting Policies: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards has been prepared on the full accrual basis of accounting used by the City in preparation of the government wide financial statements that report these awards. The accounting policies of the City conform to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as applicable to governmental units. The preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make certain assumptions that affect the reported amounts of expenditures during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. De Minimis Rate Used: N Rate Explanation: The city elected not to 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.