Module 3 without auditing Flashcards

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Government Fund Types

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general, special, public enterprise, Intragovernmental, Trust, Trust revolving, deposit, clearing accounts

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Government fund categories

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Appropriated, Reimbursable, revolving, trust, non appropriated

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Special Fund Type

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Earmarked for specific purposes

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Public enterprise fund type

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revolving funds, business ops

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Intragovernmental fund type

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revolving funds, busness ops between gov agencies

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Clearing accounts

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temporary account for transactions that don’t fit elsewhere

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trust fund type

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carrying out specific programs IAW statute where nation is the beneficiary ex. Highway trust fund. Government owns the assets

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Three color books

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Green book - Internal Controls; Yellow book - Auditing policy; Red book - fiscal law

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9
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Act exempts promotion of individual for gov purchases

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Gov employee incentive awards act

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10
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Type of approps and time frame

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MILPERS - 1; O&M - 1; RDT&E - 2; Procurement - 3; SCN (Ship construction NAVY) - 5; MILCON - 5

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When are no year approps cancelled

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  1. agency determines no longer needed 2. no charges for 2 years
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Severable Services

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Governemnt recives something useful uppon expenditure; can cross Fys

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Non Severable Services

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Cannot be separated into increments. Entire amount Obligated at onset. Training is non severable usually

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14
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This carries forward expired phased balances

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SF-133

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15
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Agency head approval for program AL amounts above

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$4M

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16
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What kinds of gifts can be made, and what happens to unauthorized gifts

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Gifts to the US (real or personal property. 2. Gifts to an agency (money or real property), can accept services/property under mutual agreement; unauthorized are deposited in misc receipts

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17
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ADA criminal penalties

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no more than $5000 and no more that 2 years

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18
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ADA must be reported within ___ and investigation complete within ___

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10 days, 14 weeks

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19
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ADAs reported to

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POTUS through congress,OMB and comp general

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20
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Instructions on ADA provided in

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OMB circular A-11

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21
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Continuing Resolution for authority for multi year

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carry over authority is subtracted from CR portion

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22
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Certifying official authorized to seek guidance of ___

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Comptroller General or DOD General Council

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23
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Acounting “Major Loss” vs “Minor Loss”

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Major -$750 or if any fraud; Minor - under $750 no fraud

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24
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Is relief provided for loss? Who Provides it? What is statute of limitations

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DFAS provides it. Granted for accidental loss (no statute of limitations) Accidental illdgal/incorrect/ improper payment (3 yr statute of limitation)

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Certifying official must ensure 4 things

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Complete, computed correctly, correct and legal

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Which accountable individual CANNOT hold public funds

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Certifying official

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27
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DOD Finance has 4 distinct functions

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Entitlement, Payment, Collecting, Controlling

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28
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Law requires Certifying Officers to be personally liable for wrong payment resulting from negligence

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1996 Public Law 104-106

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Two types of accounting used the US Standard General Ledger; one other type

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Budgetary Accounting - System to set priorities, allocate/finance resources, assess implications; Proprietary/Financial Accounting - Supports Accral accounting and financial reporting; Managerial accounting not required until 2006 w/ SFFAS 30

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30
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Which entities hold Dispersing Office (DO) functions

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Militray holds their own while the rest of gov is through Treasury

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31
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This holds all DOD FM policy/regs/procedures

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DOD FMR - Financial Management Regulations (16 volumes)

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32
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Dispersement voucher has 5 elements

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Date and unit info, line of accounting, amount, dispersement method, payee

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33
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All units authorized to disperse funds are asigned a ____

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DSSN - Dispersing Station Symbol Number

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34
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Preferred method of dispersement

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ETF

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35
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Dispersing offices are responsible for

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payment operations and disbursement accountibility (not ADMIN work)

36
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Large dispersement thresholds and reporting requirements

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> $50M report to Fiscal Service 2 days advance; >$500M 5 business days

37
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Proper payment defined as

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right recipient, right amount, right time, right reason

38
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How much leave can you sell back at separation

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60 days

39
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How many allotments can you put on LES

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six

40
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Civilian Pay dutes separated into what categories

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Certifying, Compiling/certifying payments, recording, maintaining systems

41
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Civilian Time and attendance records must be reconciled every ____ 4 months, resolved withing ____ and kept for ___

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4 months, 10 days, 56 years

42
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Civilian special pay is for

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if employee underpaid by more than 10%

43
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Civilian premium pay

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overtime, compensatory time/credit hours

44
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how much sick leave can be donated

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104 hours

45
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Questionable Travel Claim

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Illegal/improper payment. Less than $250 Certifying officer works with DOD General council; more than $250 Office of hearing and appeals

46
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Doubtful Travel Claim

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employee questions Certifying official decision, can appeal to certifying official or go to DFAS

47
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Permanent duty travel (PDT) (same as PCS travel) charge to

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gaining activity unless bewteen agencies or DOD components (Reduction in Force - RIF) or within same DOD compotent (Base Realignment and closure - BRAC)

48
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Contractor can request advance payment if

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Gives adequate security, is in public interest, only up to contract price

49
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Types of vendor payments

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  1. Fast Pay - Contractor paid by proof of shipping instead of receipt (authorized by KO); 2. Pay and Confirm - Invoice paid but not received receiving report; 3. Constructive acceptance - Acceptance documents not received in timely manner (at least 7 days after delivery)
50
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Payment pacakage consists of

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Copy of purchase order/contract, proper invoice from contracter, receiving report, acceptance of product/service

51
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What are exceptions to using EFT

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Vendor express - Commercial entities join this electronic pay network; Governemnt purchase cards; Card Aquiring Service (CAS) like Visa or mastercard

52
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How long are Governemnt purchase card records held

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6 years and 3 months

53
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Types of Collecting

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Reciepts - collections from credible accounts, Reimbursements - from property sold/services furnished, refunds- from excess payments

54
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Three components of IPAC system

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  1. IPAC 2. Retirement and Insurance Transfer System (RITS) 3. Treasury Recivable accounting and collection system (TRACS)
55
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Debt ____ days old and not in litigation go to ______

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180, treasury

56
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Collection action begins after ____ days

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60

57
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Quesionable payments handled by

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GAO

58
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Fraud or False claims handled by

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Dept of Justice

59
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What Act limits accrual claim against gov and what is time frame

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Barring Act, 6 years

60
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_____ must be notified of debts no later than _____ days

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Debt Management office (DMO), 90 days

61
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Undeliverable Check

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attempted to deliver 60 days. Dispose and document on SF-1098

62
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All treasury checks payable for

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1 year but can reissue

63
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Spoiled Check

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returned to DO. DO must reissue

64
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All dispersement office reporting forms kept for

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6 years and 3 months, except payroll 56 years

65
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Dispersing Office Reporting Requirements

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  1. Daily statement of accountibility - All transactions 2. Statement of accountibility - monthly for each DSSN 3. Daily agent accountibilty summary - Actual count of all cash 4. Voucher control log - daily voucher transactions; 5. Deposit ticket - prepared to deposit all currency to US Treasury
66
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Initial requirements for accounting

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Constitution

67
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What are the Federal Financial Statements (each one)

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Balance sheet; statement of net cost; statement of changes in net position; statement of budgetary resources

68
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Sections of Statement of Budgetary Resources

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  1. Budgetary Resources 2. Status of Resources 3. Outlays
69
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CFO Act of 1990

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Established CFO position for 24 agencies 2. Agencies required to publish Financial statements subject to audit 3. Deputy director for management established in OMB

70
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What Act required agencies to set up Internal controls

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1982 Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act (FMFIA)

71
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Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

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GAAP for private sector/businesses/non-profit

72
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Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

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GAAP for STATE and LOCAL governemnet entities

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Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB)

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GAAP for federal government

74
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Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB) publishes these

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SFFAC Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Concept; SFFAS Statement of Federal Finanacial accounting standard

75
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Fereral GAAP Hierarchy

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  1. FASAB Statements and Interpretations 2. FASAB technical bulletins 3. FASAB technical releases 4. FASAB Implementation guides and industry best practices
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DOD Financial Management Structure chain

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USD Comptroller directs DFAS (Defense Finance and Accounting Service) - the accounting entity for DOD

77
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Primary documents used to obligate

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  1. Contracts 2. MIPRs
78
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Types of MIPRs

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  1. Project Orders: can cross Fys but not extend budget authority; 2. Economy Act Orders: routine work/services recurring. Usually less than a year.
79
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Undistributed Dispersements

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Federal funds that have been paid but are not ID’d to a specific organization. Placed in suspese account

80
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Types of fixed assets (and capitalized or expensed)

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  1. General PPE (Capitalized) 2. Heritage Assets - may have little or indeterminable value (also multi ude heritage means they have a mission ex. pentagon) Usually capitalized 3. Stewardship Land - land and land rights aquired at no cost (expensed in period incurred)
81
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Properties of General PPE

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est life of 2+ years, not for sale during ops, available for entity use, cost or fair market value exceeds capitalization thresholds (which vary by component)

82
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Footnotes required for Federal Financial Report

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Required Supplementary Stewardship Info (Human capital such as education/training, investments but not physical assets); Required Supplementary Info RSI (estimated deffered mx and repairs; Other accompanying info (OAI - Management challenges/assurances)

83
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Defence authorization act of 2010 mandated this for financial audit improvements

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Financial improvement and audit remediation plan (mandated by 2017)

84
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Ratio analysis is used to conduct what types of analysis

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Trend analysis - ratio moves over time; Comparitive Analysis - how entity is performing at a point in time compared to other entities

85
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Current Ratio

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Working capital. Current Assets / Current Liabilites. DOD desires 2:1 ratio

86
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Quick Ratio

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Also known as Acid Test. Quick Assets (all assets but inventory)/ Current Liabilites. How quickly assets can convert to meet liabilites. DOD goal 1:1