As a result of the Clarified Auditing Standards and the issuance of the 2011 revision of Government Auditing Standards, the 2013 edition of the GAS/A-133 Audit Guide has been extensively rewritten. While this has far-reaching implications for auditors, governmental entities and not-for-profits who receive federal financial assistance should also be aware of what these changes…
Read MoreWhen a donor provides a gift to a charity that is conditioned upon the charity performing some act or a certain event occurring, a deduction for the donation is only allowed once that event has taken place. There is an exception to this rule – the deduction is allowed in the transfer year if the…
Read MoreFor a number of years now, practitioners and small businesses have argued that the increasingly complex and ever-changing accounting standards written with large, publicly traded companies in mind are leaving the small business owner behind. As a result, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) have made competing proposals…
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