Performing a Single Audit Under the Uniform Guidance

Overview

Performing a single audit
Exploring various topics related to single audits will give you the knowledge you need to perform these engagements skillfully. You can learn about:

Major program determination

Pass-through entity responsibilities

SEFA requirements

The Compliance Supplement requirements

The administrative requirements and cost principles found in the Uniform Guidance

Uniform Guidance compliance audit basics
Gaining an understanding of the Uniform Guidance basics will prepare you for compliance audit engagements. You can examine various topics, such as:

Requirements overview

Applying GAAS and the Yellow Book to compliance audits

Entities that must undergo this type of engagement

Federal awards decoded
You can also learn the different types of federal awards, along with audit implications for a recipient or subrecipient. Federal award topics covered include:

Becoming aware of the SEFA

Major program determination

Testing and reporting responsibilities
You will acquire a fundamental understanding of your responsibilities related to testing and reporting by examining topics, such as:

Testing internal control over compliance

Testing compliance

Writing an audit finding

Highlights

Fundamentals of a compliance audit performed under the Uniform Guidance

Identifying federal awards

Pass-through entities and subrecipients

Schedule of expenditure of federal awards (SEFA)

Determining major programs

Using the compliance supplement

Uniform guidance administrative requirements and cost principles

Testing internal control over compliance

Testing compliance

Writing an audit finding

Reporting requirements of a single audit

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Auditors performing single audit engagements

Internal financial staff of governments

Not-for-profit entity staff who interact with Auditors

Objectives

Identify what a single audit encompasses.
Identify key auditee and auditor responsibilities in the compliance audit of federal awards.
Identify the basic audit requirements in a Uniform Guidance compliance audit.
Identify the responsibilities of a pass-through entity.
Identify the auditor and auditee responsibilities related to the schedule of expenditures of federal awards (SEFA).
Identify the auditor and auditee responsibilities related to internal control over compliance related to federal awards.
Recognize key considerations when sampling in a Uniform Guidance compliance audit.
Recognize the auditor's reports required by the Uniform Guidance.

Notice

This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by AICPA.

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Leader(s):

Melisa Galasso, Galasso Learning Solutions LLC

Leader Bios

Melisa Galasso, Galasso Learning Solutions LLC

Melisa F. Galasso is the Founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with over 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting. Her passion is providing high-quality CPE that is meaningful, creates efficiencies and improves quality, and positively impacts ROI.

Melisa is a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP), a Certified Professional in Talent Development (CPTD), and has earned the Association for Talent Development Master Trainer™ designation. Her passion for instructional design and adult learning techniques is one of the differentiators that set her apart from other CPE providers.

Melisa serves as the Co-Chair of the NCACPA's A&A committee and as a Subject Matter Expert for the AICPA's Center for Plain English Accounting (CPEA). She has also served on the FASB's Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee (NAC), AICPA Council, and the AICPA's Women's Initiative Executive Committee (WIEC). She also previously served on the AICPA's Technical Issues Committee (TIC) and the VSCPA's Board of Directors. In addition, Melisa is the author of Money Matters for Nonprofits: How Board Members Can Harness the Power of Financial Statements by Understanding Basic Accounting which is available on Amazon or anywhere you purchase books online.

Melisa received a Top 50 Women in Accounting Award in 2021 by Ignition, was a 2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award recipient and was honored as a "40 under 40" by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017, 2018, and 2019. She was named the 2019 Rising Star by her regional NAWBO chapter, received the Don Farmer award for achievement in technical content instruction, and has earned several other awards for public speaking and technical training.

Prior to establishing Galasso Learning Solutions, Melisa worked in public accounting, industry, internal audit, and academia.
She received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and International Business from Georgetown University.

Melisa actively supports several causes that empower women. She is the Chair of the Advisory Board for Girls on the Run Greater Charlotte. In 2023, she was one of 31 women selected as part of Dress for Success Charlotte's Power Hour. She also serves as the Education Chair for the Board of Directors for NAWBO Charlotte.

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