Notes to SEFA
Title: NOTE A - BASIS FOR PRESENTATION
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting as described in Note 1 to the County’s basic financial statements. 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.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The County has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of Salt Lake County, Utah (the County) under programs of the federal government for the year ended December 31, 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 Requirements for Federal Awards (the Uniform Guidance).
Because the Schedule presents only a selected portion of the operations of the County, it is not intended to and does not present the financial position, changes in financial position, or cash flows of the County.
Title: NOTE B - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting as described in Note 1 to the County’s basic financial statements. 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.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The County has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting as described in Note 1 to the County’s basic financial statements. 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.
Title: NOTE C- RELATIONSHIP TO COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the modified accrual basis of accounting as described in Note 1 to the County’s basic financial statements. 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.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The County has elected not to use the 10-percent de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Federal awards expended on the Schedule for the year ended December 31, 2024 are also reported in the County’s financial statements as program revenues on the statement of activities and as grants and contribution revenue on the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances except as
follows:
• The County received noncash vouchers in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (Assistance Listing Number 10.557) totaling $14,807,204.
Noncash vouchers are considered direct assistance to individuals and, accordingly, are not reported as revenue on the County’s financial statements; noncash vouchers are included on the
Schedule.
• The County received interest rate subsidies of $899,637 on Build America Bonds, which are not reported on the Schedule.