Recording Contributions with Donor-Imposed Restrictions

Donor contributions make up a lot of Virginia’s nonprofits’ annual revenue. Even though the organizations are not relying only on these contributions, nonprofit management has to understand how to account for these contributions in one of two ways.

2022-06-07T10:06:53-04:00October 7, 2019|Categories: Audit & Assurance, Not-for-Profit|Tags: , |

Eliminating the Concept of Extraordinary Items

Determining whether an event or an item was an extraordinary item has been a confusing and often burdensome determination for accountants and entities alike.  Over [...]

2019-07-24T20:20:27-04:00October 5, 2017|Categories: Audit & Assurance, Tax: Business|Tags: , , |

10 Signs It May Be Time to Shop for a New Auditor

Thinking about hiring a new auditor can be overwhelming. Many times over the years I have heard auditees say, “I don’t want to get used [...]

2018-09-11T19:22:44-04:00August 10, 2017|Categories: Audit & Assurance, Business Advisory, Not-for-Profit|Tags: , , |

How to Handle a DCAA Audit

If you have proposed on or been awarded a contract with the Federal government, and especially with the Department of Defense, you probably have been the recipient of a visit from the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA).  While these visits to perform a multitude of audits and evaluations are not the end of the world, they should be taken and reacted to seriously.

Nonprofit Reporting of Expense Allocations

Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2016-14, Presentation of Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Entities (Topic 958), issued August 18, 2016 by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), [...]

2018-08-22T15:52:59-04:00November 16, 2016|Categories: Accounting, Audit & Assurance, Not-for-Profit|Tags: , , |

The Basics of Temporarily Restricted Contributions

For some nonprofit organizations, contributions are a significant source of revenue.  Proper accounting treatment for those contributions is key, which include tracking and monitoring restricted [...]

2023-08-07T10:51:06-04:00November 15, 2016|Categories: Audit & Assurance, Not-for-Profit|Tags: , , |

Rules of Engagement: Dealing With External Auditors

Banks’ financial statements tell their performance story to the outside world. Because the banks’ independent external auditor’s reports provide assurance about the quality of the [...]

2023-07-11T09:59:48-04:00September 29, 2015|Categories: Audit & Assurance, Financial Institutions|Tags: |
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