Question

9.An internal auditor is required to include significant deficiencies and material weakness in internal control in a report prepared under Government Auditing Standards. The auditor is not required to distribute the report to

1. The appropriate officials of the organization audited.
2. Specific legislative and regulatory bodies.
3. Officials of the organizations being audited who required or arranged for the audit.

4.The Securities and Exchange Commission

17.An audit of a local government that expends federal financial assistance is subject to the requirements of Government Auditing Standards. Which of the following is also applicable?

	0MB Audit Requirements for Federal Awards
Regulation S-X	(2 CFR 200)	Single Audit Act
A.                     Yes	Yes	Yes
B.                     Yes	Yes	No
C.                     No	Yes	Yes
D.                    Yes	No	No

Answer 1

Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards (GAGAS), also popularly known as the Yello Book, are the guidelines created by the Comptroller General and the audit agency of the United States Congress, the Government Accountability Office.

The report prepared by the Internal Auditor is provided herewith for reference:

Independent Accountant’s Review Report

[Appropriate Addressee]

We have reviewed the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, the aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of Any Parish Drainage District, as of and for the year ended Dec 31, 20X1, and the related notes to the financial statements. A review includes primarily applying analytical procedures to management’s financial data and making inquiries of management. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement whether due to fraud or error.

Accountant’s Responsibility

Our responsibility is to conduct the review engagement in accordance with Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require us to perform procedures to obtain limited assurance as a basis for reporting whether we are aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial statements for them to be in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We believe that the results of our procedures provide a reasonable basis for our conclusion.

Accountant’s Conclusion

Based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying financial statements in order for them to be in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Other Matter Paragraph(s)

Supplementary Information

The accompanying schedule of compensation, benefits, and other payments to the agency head, political subdivision head, or chief executive officer is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. The information is the representation of management. We have reviewed the information and, based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the information in order for it to be in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We have not audited the supplementary information and, accordingly, do not express an opinion on such information.

Add the following paragraphs as applicable

--Required Supplementary Information

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the following supplementary information be presented to supplement the basic financial statements:

Budgetary Comparison Schedule

Management’s Discussion and Analysis

Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have not audited or reviewed such required supplementary information, and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion, a conclusion, nor provide any form of assurance on it.

--The accompanying Budgetary Comparison Schedule has been reviewed by us, and based on our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the information in order for it to be in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. We have not audited the information and, accordingly, do not express an opinion on such information.

--Management has omitted the Management Discussion and Analysis that accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require to be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. The Management Discussion and Analysis, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of the of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical content.

[Signature of Accounting Firm]

[Accountant’s City and State]

[Date of the Accountant’s Review Report

As per Office of Management Budget (0MB), audit

Requirements for Federal Awards should be as per the requirements of 2 CFR § 200.

	(2 CFR 200)
A.	Yes
B.	Yes
C.	Yes
D.	No