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4/8/2015 Changes to Federal Grants & Single Audits (A-87, A-21, A-122, A-102, A-110, A-89, A-133 & A-50) The New OMB Uniform Guidance Presenter Kelly Berger-Davis Quality Assurance & Technical Specialist Center for Audit


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Changes to Federal Grants & Single Audits

(A-87, A-21, A-122, A-102, A-110, A-89, A-133 & A-50)

The New OMB Uniform Guidance

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Presenter

Kelly Berger-Davis Quality Assurance & Technical Specialist Center for Audit Excellence State of Ohio Auditors Office Federal Grants Specialist

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Agenda

  • Background & General Information
  • Roadmap of New and Old Requirements
  • Specific Changes
  • What To Do NOW!!!

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What is a single audit?

  • History of A-133:

– “The

Single Audit Act

  • f

1984” (Public Law 98-502) established requirements for certain governments that administer Federal financial assistance programs.

  • Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 (31 USC 75)

– OMB Circular A-128 (Audits of States, Local Governments), issued in 1985 to help auditors and recipients implement the new Single Audit Act.

  • OMB Circular A-133 (Audits of Institutions of Higher

Education & Other Non-Profit Organizations), issued in 1990, where OMB extended the single audit process to non-profits. – A-133 requirements amended in 2003 & 2007 – Modified/included in Uniform Guidance in 2014

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What is a single audit?

  • History of A-133:

– Each year, OMB issues an updated version

  • f the “OMB Compliance Supplement” to

assist auditors in performing the required audits. – In addition, the AICPA maintains a guide titled Government Auditing Standards and Circular A-133 Audits which gives a basic description

  • f

the procedures auditors should perform and the reports they should issue for single audits.

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Is A Single Audit Required?

  • A-133, Subpart B, Section .200(a) states:

– Non-Federal entities that expend $500,000 or more in a year in Federal awards shall have a single or program-specific audit conducted for that year in accordance with the provisions of this part.

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Is A Single Audit Required?

–A-133 requires the auditee to prepare a schedule

  • f

expenditures

  • f

federal awards.

  • A-133

requires the auditor to determine and provide an opinion on, whether the auditee’s schedule is presented fairly.

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Is A Single Audit Required?

  • Per A-133 .235(c)(1):

– The audit shall be completed and the reporting required by paragraph (c)(2)or (c)(3) of this section submitted within the earlier of 30 days after receipt of the auditor's report(s), or nine months after the end of the audit period.

  • If FYE is 12/31/14, then single audit must be done

and submitted by 9/30/15.

  • If FYE is 6/30/15, then single audit must be done

and submitted by 3/31/16.

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Is A Single Audit Required?

  • If an entity fails to have a required single audit, fails to

meet the A-133 deadline, fails to comply with regulations, etc. there are several possible consequences a Federal awarding agency or Pass-through

entity may take: – Impose additional conditions – Temporarily withhold cash payments – Disallow all or part of the cost of the activity not in compliance – Suspend or terminate the Federal award – Initiate suspension or debarment proceedings – Withhold further Federal awards for the program – Other remedies legally available

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Background

  • President Obama’s Administration launched its

Campaign to Cut Waste and go after unnecessary, inefficient,

  • r

ineffective government spending on June 13, 2011.

  • Also on June 13, 2011 President Obama issued

an Executive Order on Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government.

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Background

  • OMB therefore created a Council on Financial Assistance

Reform (COFAR)

  • n

October 27, 2011 to provide recommendations to OMB

  • n

policies and actions necessary to effectively deliver, oversee, and report on grants and cooperative agreements. – In addition to other items, COFAR was also tasked with streamlining and simplifying the financial assistance process by eliminating unnecessary regulatory, reporting, and grant-agreement requirements and by increasing flexibilities for satisfying grant requirements.

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Background

“Advance Notice of Grants Reform”

  • Issued Feb.

2012

“Proposed OMB Uniform Guidance”

  • Issued Jan.

2013 Final “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards”

  • Issued Dec.

26, 2013

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Background

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Issued 2/12/14
  • Updated 8/29/14
  • Updated 11/2014

Joint Interim Final Rule “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards”

  • Published by each federal agency
  • Published 12/19/14
  • Effective 12/26/14
  • Technical corrections
  • 60 day comment period
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General Information

  • Where can I find the Uniform Guidance?

– http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text- idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr200_main_0 2.tpl – http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2014-12- 19/pdf/2014-28697.pdf

  • Does this apply to me?

– Yes – if you receive or audit ANY federal grants!

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General Information

Impacted by Uniform Guidance

Federal Agencies

Audit Firms

States

Not-for- Profits Indian Tribes Higher Education

Local Governments

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General Information

  • What is the effective date?

– Federal Agencies were required to adopt the guidance and implement the requirements to be effective by 12/26/14

  • All Federal Agencies were directed to implement

the guidance in unison to provide for a smooth transition for entities that are required to comply

  • This occurred in the Joint Interim Final Rule

published on 12/19/14

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– Non-Federal entities: Administrative requirements and cost principles apply to new awards and to additional funding to existing awards (funding increments) made after 12/26/14

  • This does not retroactively change the terms and

conditions for funds a non-Federal entity already received prior to that date

  • Existing

Federal awards will continue to be governed by the terms and conditions of the Federal award

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– Non-Federal Entities - Audit Requirements are effective for fiscal years beginning on or after 12/26/14

  • For fye 12/31 entities, audit requirements would

be effective for the 1/1/15 – 12/31/15 fiscal year

  • For fye 6/30 entities, audit requirements would

be effective for the 7/1/15 – 6/30/16 fiscal year

  • Audit

requirements cannot be early implemented

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General Information

  • Non-Federal Entities:

– 6/30/14, 9/30/14, & 12/31/14 FYE’s – No impact – 3/31/15, 6/30/15, & 9/30/15 FYE’s –

  • Uniform Guidance administrative requirements &

cost principles apply to new federal awards and additional funding to existing awards

  • Old (current) A-133 audit requirements in effect
  • 12/31/15 FYE and beyond –
  • New administrative requirements, cost principles

and single audit requirements all apply

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s & implemented into Final Interim Rule:

  • Allowing a grace period of 1 full fiscal year after

the effective date for non-federal entities to comply with the new procurement standards.

  • If the grace period is used, the non-federal

entity must document this decision in their internal procurement policies.

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s:

  • Existing negotiated indirect cost rates will

remain in place until they are due to be re- negotiated.

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s:

  • Applications that are submitted before

12/26/14 for Federal awards to be made

  • n or after 12/26/14 should be developed

in accordance with the Uniform Guidance.

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s:

  • Q: How does the new Uniform Guidance apply to

Federal awards made prior to 12/26/14 when some subawards are made prior to 12/26/14 and others are made after 12/26/14?

  • A: The effective date of the Uniform Guidance for

subawards is the same as the effective date of the federal award from which the subaward is made. The requirements for a subaward, no matter when made, flow from the requirements of the original Federal award from the Federal awarding agency.

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– OMB clarified in their Feb. 2014 FAQ’s:

  • We

would anticipate that for many

  • f

the changes, non-federal entities with both old and new awards may make changes to their entity- wide policies (for example to payroll

  • r

procurement systems).

  • Non-Federal entities wishing to implement entity-

wide system changes to comply with the uniform guidance after the effective date of 12/26/14 will not be penalized for doing so.

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General Information

  • What is the effective date? (cont’d)

– OMB clarified in their August 2014 (and updated in

  • Nov. 2014) FAQ’s:
  • Incremental Funding – The new guidance will

apply to new Federal awards made after December 26, 2014 and, if a Federal awarding agency considers its incremental funding actions to be

  • pportunities

to change terms and conditions on previously made awards, the new guidance will apply to that Federal awarding agency’s incremental funding actions also.

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General Information

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General Information

  • OMB’s purpose is to help reduce the

administrative burden and strengthen

  • versight of federal funds to reduce the

risk of fraud, waste and abuse.

– This guidance makes grant requirements similar across all types of grant recipients and all federal agencies. – Aims to eliminate duplicative language, and to clarify where grant policies are different across entity types.

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Roadmap of OLD (current) OMB Circulars and NEW Uniform Guidance

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Roadmap – OLD (current) A-133

  • Subpart A – General Info

– .100 Purpose – .105 Definitions

  • Subpart B – Audits
  • .200 Audit requirements
  • .205 Basis for determining Federal awards expended
  • .210 Subrecipient and vendor determinations
  • .215 Relation to other audit requirements
  • .220 Frequency of audits
  • .225 Sanctions
  • .230 Audit costs
  • .235 Program-specific audits

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Roadmap – OLD (current) A-133

  • Subpart C – Auditees

– .300 Auditee responsibilities – .305 Auditor selection – .310 Financial statements – .315 Audit findings follow-up – .320 Report submission

  • Subpart D – Federal Agencies & Pass-Through

Entities

  • .400 Responsibilities
  • .405 Management decision
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Roadmap – OLD (current) A-133

  • Subpart E – Auditors

– .500 Scope of audit – .505 Audit reporting – .510 Audit findings – .515 Audit working papers – .520 Major program determination – .525 Criteria for Federal program risk – .530 Criteria for a low-risk auditee

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Roadmap – OLD (current) A-87

  • A-87 (cost principles) was codified in 2 CFR

225:

– Appendix A - General Principles for Determining Allowable Costs – Appendix B - Selected Items of Cost – Appendix C - State/Local-Wide Central Service Cost Allocation Plans – Appendix D - Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plans – Appendix E - State and Local Indirect Cost Rate Proposals

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Roadmap – OLD (current) A-102

  • Each

federal agency codified A-102 (Administrative Requirements) in their

  • wn

section of the CFR:

  • US Department of Education – 34 CFR 80
  • US Department of Agriculture – 7 CFR 3016
  • Complete

listing

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US Dept’s is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_chart

  • A-102:

– Section 1 – Pre-Award Policies – Section 2 - Post-Award Policies – Section 3 – After-The-Grant Policies

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Roadmap – New Uniform Guidance

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Roadmap – New Uniform Guidance

Uniform Guidance

Audit Requirements Audit Requirements Cost Principles Cost Principles Administrative Requirements Administrative Requirements

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Roadmap – Uniform Guidance

  • Part II – Major Policy Reforms

– Chapter II – OMB Guidance

  • Part 200

– Subpart A – 200.0 – 200.99 - Acronyms & Definitions – Subpart B – 200.100 – 200.113 - General Provisions » i.e. authorities, effective/applicability date, conflict of interest – Subpart C – 200.200 – 200.211 - Pre-Federal Award Requirements and Contents of Federal Awards » i.e. use

  • f

grant agreements, cooperative agreements and contracts, special conditions, public access to federal award information

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Roadmap – Uniform Guidance

  • Part II – Major Policy Reforms

– Chapter II – OMB Guidance

  • Part 200 (cont’d)

– Subpart D – 200.301 – 200.345 - Post Federal Award Requirements » i.e. standards for financial and program management; property standards; procurement standards; performance and financial monitoring and reporting; subrecipient monitoring and management; record retention and access; remedies for noncompliance; closeout; post- closeout adjustments and continuing responsibilities; collection of amounts due

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Roadmap – Uniform Guidance

  • Part II – Major Policy Reforms

– Chapter II – OMB Guidance

  • Part 200 (cont’d)

– Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles » Formerly A-87 (A-21 and A-122) » i.e. general provisions; basic considerations; direct and indirect costs; special considerations for local gov’s; general provisions for selected items of cost – Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements » i.e. auditee responsibilities; federal agency responsibilities; auditor responsibilities; management decisions

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Roadmap – Uniform Guidance

  • Part II – Major Policy Reforms

– Chapter II – OMB Guidance

  • Part 200 (cont’d) – Appendices:

– Appendix I – Full Text of Notice of Funding Opportunity – Appendix II – Contract Provisions for Non-Federal Entity Contracts Under Federal Awards – Appendix III

  • Indirect

(F&A) Costs Identification and Assignment, and Rate Determination for Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) – Appendix IV

  • Indirect

(F&A) Costs Identification and Assignment, and Rate Determination for Nonprofit Organizations

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Roadmap – Uniform Guidance

  • Part II – Major Policy Reforms

– Chapter II – OMB Guidance

  • Part 200 (cont’d) – Appendices:

– Appendix V – State/Local Governmentwide Central Service Cost Allocation Plans – Appendix VI - Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plans – Appendix VII – States and Local Government and Indian Tribe Indirect Cost Proposals – Appendix VIII - Nonprofit Organizations Exempted From Subpart E—Cost Principles of Part 200 – Appendix IX - Hospital Cost Principles – Appendix X – Data Collection Form – Appendix XI - Compliance Supplement

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Specific Changes

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Specific Changes

Subpart A – 200.0 – 200.99 - Acronyms & Definitions

OLD (current) NEW Uniform Guidance Uniform Guidance Section

Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement Compliance Supplement 200.21 Vendor Contractor 200.23 n/a Personally Identifiable Information (PII) 200.79 n/a Protected Personally Identifiable Information 200.82 n/a Program Income 200.80

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Specific Changes

Subpart B – 200.100 – 200.113 - General Provisions

Clarifies that the terms and conditions

  • f

federal awards flow down to subrecipients unless the Uniform Grant Guidance or the terms and conditions specifically indicate

  • therwise.

Federal agencies must not impose additional

  • r

inconsistent requirements, except as provided in 200.102 and 200.210.

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Subpart B – 200.100 – 200.113 - General Provisions

Conflict of Interest

  • Federal awarding agencies must establish conflict of

interest policies for their federal awards

  • Non-federal entities must disclose in writing any

potential conflict of interest to the Federal awarding agency (or pass-through entity) in accordance with the federal awarding agency policy

Mandatory Disclosures

  • Non-federal entities must disclose all violations of

Federal criminal law involving fraud, bribery, or gratuity violations potentially affecting the Federal award

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Specific Changes

Subpart C – 200.200 – 200.211

  • Pre-Federal

Award Requirements and Contents of Federal Awards

Streamlined guidance to federal agencies on information required to be provided to non-federal entities

Determining the instrument to be used

  • Grant agreements
  • Cooperative agree.
  • Contract

Standard formats to announce funding

  • pportunities

Fed’s required to consider risk posed by each applicant prior to making award

  • Financial stability
  • Prior performance
  • Mgmt. systems

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Subpart D – 200.301 – 200.345 - Post Federal Award Requirements

GAO’s Green Book GAO’s Green Book COSO’s Internal Control Framework COSO’s Internal Control Framework Compliance Supplement, Part 6 Internal Control Compliance Supplement, Part 6 Internal Control Requires non-Federal entities to have effective internal controls over federal awards and mentions 3 best practices:

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Subpart D – 200.301 – 200.345 - Post Federal Award Requirements (cont’d)

Explicit information on what info must be included by a pass- through entity in its subawards at the time subaward is made

  • Federal award identification number (FAIN)
  • All requirements imposed by the pass-through entity
  • Certain indirect cost information
  • Access requirements
  • Terms & conditions surrounding closeout

Pass-through entity’s responsibility to evaluate each subrecipients risk and develop appropriate subrecipient monitoring in response to the assessed risk

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Subpart D – 200.301 – 200.345 - Post Federal Award Requirements (cont’d)

Supplies

  • Computing

devices (<$5K) are now included as ‘supplies’

  • But when charging as a direct cost,

must be essential and allocable, (but not solely dedicated) to the performance of the Federal award

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Subpart D – 200.301 – 200.345 - Post Federal Award Requirements (cont’d)

  • States continue to follow their own policies
  • The new procurement standards for all other non-

Federal entities adopt the majority of the language used from Circular A-102.

  • There were some changes though, so carefully review

to determine the impact

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your procurement procedures.

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Subpart D – 200.301 – 200.345 - Post Federal Award Requirements (cont’d)

  • One new item to review is micro-purchases – for

acquisition of supplies or services if aggregate amount does not exceed $3,000

  • The

threshold is set by the Federal Acquisition Regulation, and therefore may change.

  • The P.O.’s may be awarded without soliciting any

competitive quotations if the non-Federal entity considers the cost to be reasonable.

  • The non-Federal entity must, to the extent practicable,

distribute these purchases among qualified suppliers.

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Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Time & Effort

  • Carefully

read and analyze this section

  • Principles

based, not rules based anymore – requires judgment

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  • Time & Effort –

– Requires entities to comply with a stringent framework of internal control objectives and requirements for documenting personnel expenses. – However, it gives entities the ability to implement the internal control systems and business processes that best fit their needs.

Specific Changes

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  • Time & Effort – Key sentence in 200.430

– Standards for Documentation

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Personnel Expenses (1) Charges to Federal awards for salaries and wages must be based on records that accurately reflect the work performed.

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  • Time & Effort – Overarching principles:

– 200.430(b) - Compensation for employees engaged in work on Federal awards will be considered reasonable to the extent that it is consistent with that paid for similar work in

  • ther activities of the non-Federal entity.

– Compensation must be for an allowable purpose.

Specific Changes

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  • OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s:
  • Salaries

& Wages

  • Non-Federal

entities can develop solutions that meet the requirements and reduce the burden related to their current process whether they be incremental

  • r

more significant, including complete elimination

  • f

current systems.

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  • Time & Effort
  • For

a non-Federal entity where the records do not meet the standards described in this section, the Federal government may require personnel activity reports, including prescribed certifications,

  • r

equivalent documentation that support the records as required in this section.

Specific Changes

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Specific Changes

Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Direct Costs

  • Clarifies that salaries of administrative and

clerical staff may be treated as direct costs if:

  • The services are integral to a project or

activity

  • The

individuals involved can be identified as specifically with the project

  • r activity
  • The costs are included expressly in the

budget

  • r

have the prior written approval

  • f

the federal awarding agency, AND

  • The costs are not recovered as indirect

costs

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Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Indirect Costs

  • Requires federal agencies to

accept a non-federal entity’s negotiated indirect cost rate

  • Existing negotiated indirect

cost rates will remain in place until they are due to be re-negotiated.

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Specific Changes

Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Indirect Costs

  • Any non-Federal entity that has a current

federally negotiated indirect cost rate may apply for a one-time extension of the rates in that agreement for a period of up to four years.

  • If an extension is granted the non-Federal

entity may not request a rate review until the extension period ends.

  • At the end of the 4-year extension, the non-

Federal entity must re-apply to negotiate a

  • rate. Subsequent one-time extensions (up

to four years) are permitted if a renegotiation is completed between each extension request.

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Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Indirect Costs

  • Provides

for a de minimis indirect cost rate of 10% of modified total direct costs for entities that have never had a negotiated indirect cost rate.

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Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Indirect Costs

  • Equipment

and

  • ther

capital expenditures are unallowable as indirect costs.

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  • Indirect Cost clarifications in FAQ’s:

– Non-Federal entities that are able to allocate and charge 100% of their costs directly may continue to do so – Claiming reimbursement for indirect costs is never mandatory – Entities will not be forced to establish an indirect cost rate if they feel it is not necessary

Specific Changes

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  • Indirect Cost clarifications in FAQ’s:

– It also is not permissible for pass-through entities to force or entice a proposed subrecipient without a negotiated rate to accept less than the de minimis rate. – The 10% de minimis rate is not available to entities who receive more than $35 million in direct Federal funding

Specific Changes

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Specific Changes

Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Prior Approval

  • Provides a list of circumstances under which

entities need to seek prior approval from the Federal awarding agency including:

  • Pre-award costs
  • Additions to program income or the use of

program income to meet a cost sharing or matching requirement

  • Changes

in scope

  • r
  • bjectives
  • f

a project/program

  • Subcontract of work under the award not

previously approved

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Specific Changes

Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

Allowable Costs

  • Clarifies

guidance for certain allowable costs:

  • Employee

health/welfare costs

  • Travel Costs

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Specific Changes

Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

  • Encouraging Non-Federal Entities to Have Family-

Friendly Policies

  • “Travel costs” section provides that temporary dependent

care costs above and beyond regular dependent care that directly results from travel to conferences is allowable provided that: ⎯ The costs are a direct result of the individuals travel for the federal award; ⎯ The costs are consistent with the non-Federal entity’s documented travel policy for all entity travel; ⎯ Are only temporary during the travel period.

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Specific Changes

Subpart E – 200.400 – 200.475 - Cost Principles

  • Added/clarified guidance on:
  • Mass severance - federal agency or cog

approval required

  • Excessive severance pay - unallowable

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Specific Changes

Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

Maintains

  • versight on
  • ver 99.7% of

the dollars currently subject to Single Audit Reduces audit burden for approximately 5,000 entities

Increase in Single Audit Threshold

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NUMBER OF SINGLE AUDITS BY STATE

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TOTAL DOLLARS COVERED BY SINGLE AUDITS FOR EACH STATE

Total

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87.79% 86.69% 86.89% 85.91% 85.61% 83.99% 83.58% 86.69% 87.82% 86.87% 84.22% 88.03% 89.09% 82.42% 83.02% 85.88% 86.41% 88.50% 84.91% 83.95% 87.52% 85.65% 83.46% 80.06% 84.74% 86.20% 86.42% 77.59% 84.07% 88.02% 86.87% 87.18% 86.99% 73.98% 86.86% 83.76% 82.47% 77.44% 93.00% 81.71% 81.60% 83.79% 80.33% 86.81% 81.65% 86.27% 86.75% 82.74% 79.80% 80.00% 80.46% 80.00% 85.71% 92.31% 90.00% 87.50% 12.21% 13.31% 13.11% 14.09% 14.39% 16.01% 16.42% 13.31% 12.18% 13.13% 15.78% 11.97% 10.91% 17.58% 16.98% 14.12% 13.59% 11.50% 15.09% 16.05% 12.48% 14.35% 16.54% 19.94% 15.26% 13.80% 13.58% 22.41% 15.93% 11.98% 13.13% 12.82% 13.01% 26.02% 13.14% 16.24% 17.53% 22.56% 7.00% 18.29% 18.40% 16.21% 19.67% 13.19% 18.35% 13.73% 13.25% 17.26% 20.20% 20.00% 19.54% 20.00% 14.29% 7.69% 10.00% 12.50% CA NY OH P A T X I L MI F L MA MN NJ W A NC MO W I I N GA V A LA K Y A L A Z T N OK A R OR MD I A CO S C MS CT DC K S NM W V ME NE P R MT A K S D V T UT NH I D RI ND NV HI W Y DE V I GU MP F M Over Under

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99.83% 99.79% 99.79% 99.79% 99.76% 99.62% 99.54% 99.84% 99.71% 99.52% 99.67% 99.77% 99.75% 99.53% 99.67% 99.73% 99.77% 99.67% 99.71% 99.59% 99.46% 99.50% 99.65% 99.51% 99.64% 99.64% 99.72% 99.71% 99.36% 99.31% 99.68% 99.65% 99.45% 99.70% 99.85% 99.74% 99.04% 99.47% 99.68% 99.64% 99.67% 99.64% 99.29% 99.04% 99.42% 99.31% 99.22% 99.49% 99.24% 99.58% 99.10% 96.84% 99.88% 99.56% 99.56% 99.56% 0.17% 0.21% 0.21% 0.21% 0.24% 0.38% 0.46% 0.16% 0.29% 0.48% 0.33% 0.23% 0.25% 0.47% 0.33% 0.27% 0.23% 0.33% 0.29% 0.41% 0.54% 0.50% 0.35% 0.49% 0.36% 0.36% 0.28% 0.29% 0.64% 0.69% 0.32% 0.35% 0.55% 0.30% 0.15% 0.26% 0.96% 0.53% 0.32% 0.36% 0.33% 0.36% 0.71% 0.96% 0.58% 0.69% 0.78% 0.51% 0.76% 0.42% 0.90% 3.16% 0.12% 0.44% 0.44% 0.44% NY CA T X P A F L I L OH NC MA MI NJ T N GA MO W A V A MD LA A Z I N W I MN CO K Y OR A L S C DC OK I A CT MS A R NM P R UT K S W V ND NV RI I D ME NE NH A K V T HI S D DE W Y MT GU V I MP F M Over Under

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

Explicitly stated that the Federal Audit Clearinghouse is the authoritative source for single audit reports

Audit reports will be publically available on the FAC website

Federal agencies, pass-through entities, and others interested in obtaining audit reports must obtain it by accessing the clearinghouse, rather than requesting it from the non-federal entity

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

OLD (current) $10,000 Uniform Guidance $25,000

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • 1 new criteria: In the prior 2 audit periods, the auditor did

not report a substantial doubt about the auditee’s ability to continue as a going concern.

  • 1 modified criteria:

In the prior 2 audit periods, the auditor’s opinion on whether the financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP, or a basis of accounting required by state law, and the auditor’s in- relation-to opinion on the SEFA were unmodified.

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  • OAC 117-2-03 state Pursuant to section 117.38
  • f the Revised Code, all local public offices must

file an annual financial report. Such reports shall be filed in accordance with the following: – (B) All counties, cities and school districts, including educational service centers and community schools, shall file annual financial reports which are prepared using generally accepted accounting principles

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– (C) Local public

  • ffices

that use the "Uniform Accounting Network" shall file their annual financial reports in accordance with the guidelines established by the "Uniform Accounting Network." – (D) All other local public offices who do not prepare their annual reports using generally accepted accounting principles shall file their annual financial reports on the forms provided by the auditor of state. If the auditor of state has not prescribed an annual financial reporting format for a type of local public

  • ffice, those public offices shall file financial statements

annually with the auditor of state, using the format used by the local public office.

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AOS interprets sections (C) & (D) to mean that since there is no requirement in Ohio law prohibiting these entities from filing GAAP statements, then auditors can only consider these entity types for low-risk auditee status for single audit purposes if they file GAAP financial statements.

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

Not Low-Risk Auditee Old (Current) 50% New 40% Low-Risk Auditee Old (Current) 25% New 20%

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$300,000 (current / OLD) $750,000 (NEW)

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • High-Risk Type A Program – change
  • A-133 (current/OLD) criteria: In the most recent audit

period, did the program have ANY audit findings.

  • Uniform Guidance (NEW) criteria – “high risk” audit

finding:

  • Modified opinion on the program
  • Material weakness in internal control
  • Known or likely QC exceeding 5% of total program

expenditures

  • Auditor no longer considers inherent risk of program

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • High-Risk Type B Program – change
  • Current

(OLD) – There were 2 Type B risk assessment options.

  • Uniform Guidance (NEW) – No longer 2 options:
  • Perform risk assessments on Type B programs until

high-risk Type B programs have been identifies up to at least 1/4th of number of low-risk Type A programs

  • Risk assessment on Type B programs not required for

programs that do not exceed 25% of Type A threshold

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • Loans & Loan Guarantees – modified cluster

guidance

  • A cluster of programs is treated as 1 program in

determining Type A programs.

  • For the purpose of excluding large loan programs for the

revised Type A threshold calculation, a cluster of programs is not considered a loan program if the individual loan programs within the cluster comprise less than 50% of the total expenditures of the cluster.

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  • For loan & loan guarantees, now required to identify

in the notes to the SEFA loan balances outstanding at the end of the audit period

  • This is in addition to including the total federal awards

expended for loan or loan guarantees in the SEFA

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • SEFA notes required to include whether or not non-

federal entity elected to use the 10% de minimis cost rate

  • SEFA is now required to include the total amount

provided to subrecipients from each Federal program

  • Previously this was only required “to the extent

practical”

  • Provide the total for each cluster of programs

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • Audit Finding Changes:
  • Requires identification of whether audit finding is a

repeat from the immediately prior audit, and if so, the prior year audit finding number.

  • Audit

finding numbers must be in the format prescribed by the DCF (ie. 2014-001; NOT 2014-01,

  • r 2014-1)
  • Indicate whether sampling was a statistically valid

sample

  • Requires that QC’s be identified by CFDA number &

applicable award number.

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings –

this is NOT a change

  • Schedule must be prepared by Auditee (not

auditor)

  • Auditor audits the schedule
  • If the auditee materially misrepresents the

status of any prior audit finding, it would be reported as an audit finding in the Schedule of Findings

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  • Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
  • CAP to be separate document from auditor’s findings
  • Must include GAGAS findings
  • Same for summary schedule of prior audit findings
  • Possible Future Change:
  • Included language to allow for future combining of the

SEFA and the DCF

  • FAQ 200.110-15 also stated that they are exploring ways

to combine the SEFA with the DCF to reduce duplication and improve accuracy of FAC data.

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Subpart F – 200.500 – 200.521 - Audit Requirements

  • Auditors and auditees must ensure reports do not

include protected personally identifiable information (PII) and sign a statement stating such

  • n the DCF.

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What is Protected PII?

A persons first name, or first initial & last name in combination with:

SS #

Passport # Clearances Bank Numbers Biometrics Date and Place

  • f Birth

Mothers Maiden Name

Criminal, Medical, & Financial Records

Educational Transcripts Credit Card # This does NOT include PII that is required by law to be disclosed.

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  • Ohio

Revised code Sections 117.28, 9.24(H)(3), & 9.24(D) requires AOS to:

  • Issue FFR’s in certain circumstances
  • Maintain

an unresolved FFR database, accessible to the public

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  • Section 200.509(b)
  • For Nonfederal entities - if an auditor prepares

an auditee’s indirect cost proposal or cost allocation plan (CAP), that same auditor may not be hired to perform its single audit if the auditee’s indirect costs recovered during the prior year exceeded $1 million.

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Best Practices Recommended Approaches

“Should”

Requirements

“Must”

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  • §200.303 Internal controls.
  • The non-Federal entity must:

– (a) Establish and maintain effective internal control over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with guidance in “Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government” [Green Book] issued by the Comptroller General of the United States or the “Internal Control Integrated Framework”, issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

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  • §200.303 Internal controls.
  • The non-Federal entity must:

– (b) Comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal awards. – (c) Evaluate and monitor the non-Federal entity's compliance with statute, regulations and the terms and conditions of Federal awards. – (d) Take prompt action when instances of noncompliance are identified including noncompliance identified in audit findings. – (e) Take reasonable measures to safeguard protected personally identifiable information and other information the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity designates as sensitive

  • r

the non-Federal entity considers sensitive consistent with applicable Federal, state and local laws regarding privacy and obligations of confidentiality.

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  • Data Collection Form (DCF)

– While not in the Uniform Guidance, reminder that beginning January 2, 2015, all Fy 14 and later audit submissions are required to be:

  • At least 85% text searchable
  • Unlocked & unencrypted

–FAC has recently added a new pdf validator to ‘test upload’ your audit report prior to the actual upload to check whether it will pass the unlocked/unencrypted requirements.

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Specific Changes

  • OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s:
  • For

incremental funding actions that are subject to the new Uniform Guidance, non- federal entities are not obligated to segregate

  • r otherwise track old funds and new funds,

but may do so at their discretion.

  • See

FAQ 200.110-7 if you run into this situation for further guidance.

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  • OMB clarified in their 8/29/14 FAQ’s:
  • 2 CFR 225 (A-87) has been removed from the

CFR (http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/ )

  • However, the original circular is available at

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_circulars for grants that still fall under it

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Specific Changes

Single audit reporting deadline (currently 9 months) Reducing # of compliance requirements in Compliance Supplement

Changes NOT Made

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What To Do NOW!!!

  • Review the details of 2 CFR Chapter II, Part 200

that are applicable to your entity/entities you audit

  • Review the specific federal agency exceptions to

the Uniform Guidance

  • Visit https://cfo.gov/cofar/ for:
  • Link to COFAR’s 12/20/13 webcast announcing release
  • Link to COFAR’s 1/27/14 webcast on significant updates
  • Link to COFAR’s 10/2/14 webcast on implementation
  • COFAR’s FAQ’s - 2/12/14 & 8/29/14 & 11/2014 (all rolled

into 1 document)

  • Federal agency exceptions to Uniform Guidance

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What To Do NOW!!!

  • Review

OMB Supporting Documents http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants_docs/

  • Crosswalk

from Predominant Source in Existing Guidance

  • Crosswalk

to Predominant Source in Existing Guidance

  • Cost Principles Text Comparison
  • Audit Requirements Text Comparison
  • Definitions Text Comparison
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What To Do NOW!!!

  • Ensure an appropriate understanding of effective

dates

  • Obtain an understanding of the new requirements
  • Develop a plan to become compliant
  • Focus on areas of most significance first (time &

effort, indirect costs, procurement, internal control, subrecipient monitoring)

  • Begin

process to update local policies and regulations on federal grants and internal controls

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Changes to Federal Grants & Single Audits

Center For Audit Excellence

88 East Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215

Kelly Berger-Davis

kmberger-davis@ohioauditor.gov

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88 E. Broad St. Columbus, Ohio 43215 Phone: (800) 282‐0370 Fax: (614) 466‐4490 E‐mail: ContactUs@OhioAuditor.gov

www.OhioAuditor.gov