Notes to SEFA
Title: 1. Scope of Audit
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting, consistent with the manner in which the Authority maintains its accounting records. All expenses and capital outlays are reported as expenditures. 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. Pass-through entity identifying numbers are presented where available. The Authority has not elected to use the 10-percent de-minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The Port Authority of Guam (the Authority) is a component unit of the Government of Guam created by Public Law 13-87 as an autonomous agency of the Government of Guam. Only the transactions of the Authority are included within the scope of the Single Audit.
Title: 2. Basis of Presentation
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported on the Schedule are reported on the accrual basis of accounting, consistent with the manner in which the Authority maintains its accounting records. All expenses and capital outlays are reported as expenditures. 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. Pass-through entity identifying numbers are presented where available. The Authority has not elected to use the 10-percent de-minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: The auditee did not use the de minimis cost rate.
The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes the federal award activity of the Authority under programs of the federal government for the year ended September 30, 2022. The information in this 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 the Authority, it is not intended to and does not present the net position, changes in net position or cash flows of the Authority.