Finding 403700 (2023-002)

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Requirement
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Questioned Costs
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Year
2023
Accepted
2024-06-28
Audit: 310720
Organization: Phillips County (MT)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The County's audit for fiscal years 2022 and 2023 was submitted late, missing the March 31, 2024 deadline.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with MT Administrative Rules 2.4.411 and Federal Uniform Guidance/A-133 was not met.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Ensure timely completion of audits moving forward to avoid future delays and compliance issues.

Finding Text

2023-002 Audit report deadline CFDA Title: Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund CFDA Number: 21.032 Federal Award Number: N/A Federal Agency: U.S Department of Treasury Pass-through Entity: N/A Condition: Montana local governments with a June 30th fiscal year end must submit their audit report to the MT Department of Administration and the Federal Clearing house by March 31st, following the fiscal year end. The County audit was not completed until May 2024. Context: Per review of the audit compliance requirements for both the State of Montana and the Federal government. Criteria: The audit for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 2022, and June 30, 2023, was due to the State and the Federal government by March 31, 2024 as required by MT Administrative Rules 2.4.411 and the Federal Uniform Guidance/A-133 rules. Effect: The County is late in completing the biennial audit for fiscal year 2022 and 2023. Cause: The County did not identify it was a federal audit until February 2024. Recommendation: We recommend the County complete their annual audits in compliance with MT Administrative Rules 2.4.411 and federal rules described in the Uniform Guidance/A-133.

Corrective Action Plan

FINDING 2023-002: Audit Report Deadline Response: The Commission and Clerk & Recorder will work to contact Denning, Downey and Associates several times throughout the year to make sure they are on the list to have a Federal Audit completed if one is needed in the future. It was believed this was already done with the auditor was on-site for a visit but the contract was not in place as believed.

Categories

Subrecipient Monitoring

Other Findings in this Audit

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.032 Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund $1.26M
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $609,596
93.268 Immunization Cooperative Agreements $36,929
93.323 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Infectious Diseases (elc) $32,064
93.069 Public Health Emergency Preparedness $29,465
93.044 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part B_grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers $26,324
93.045 Special Programs for the Aging_title Iii, Part C_nutrition Services $22,004
97.067 Homeland Security Grant Program $13,323
93.354 Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response: Public Health Crisis Response $10,000