Single Audits & Uniform Guidance
Sarah Flischel Among Five CPAs Recognized Nationally for Leading Audit Innovation
Boston, MA (August 21, 2025)—AAFCPAs is pleased to announce that Sarah Flischel, CPA, Director of Audit Transformation and Training, has been honored as a recipient of the 2025 AICPA Emerging Leaders Award. Sarah is among five CPAs nationally recognized for their extraordinary leadership, innovation, and commitment to supporting the next generation in the accounting profession. […]
Upcoming Increase in Single Audit or Program-Specific Audit Thresholds
For audits of fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will raise the threshold for requiring a single audit or program-specific audit from $750,000 to $1,000,000. Non-Federal entities receiving less than $1,000,000 in federal funds annually will no longer be required to undergo a single audit, […]
Helping Clients Get Audit-Ready: How Advisory Team Supports Auditors
AAFCPAs’ Outsourced Accounting & Fractional CFO Practice Helps Make Audits Smoother and More Efficient As year-end approaches, many finance teams and their external auditors navigate the season’s challenges with a shared goal: ensuring financials are audit ready. Disorganized records, such as missing invoices and agreements, or unreconciled general ledgers can add unnecessary complexity to this […]
Federal Funding Pause and Its Implications
Update: Since this blog was published, the Trump administration issued a brief memo, M-25-14, which reads “OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded,” and directs questions about implementing the president’s executive order to agency general counsels. White House Press Secretary Leavitt said the previous executive orders related to funding reviews are still in effect and will continue to […]
Seminar Recap: Accounting Standards Updates for Nonprofits 2024
During AAFCPAs’ recent Nonprofit Seminar (recorded live, April 2024), Matthew Hutt, CPA, CGMA, Amy Staunton, CPA, and Jennifer A. L’Heureux, CPA briefed approximately 400 attendees on the latest applicable accounting standards updates (ASUs) and how they affect nonprofit organizations. What we covered: The full session was recorded and may be viewed as a webcast at […]
OMB Releases Uniform Guidance Revisions
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released updates to its Uniform Guidance in April 2024. Updates affect non-federal entities that receive Federal awards. The OMB is responsible for the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance), which oversees government-wide policies […]
FASB Approves New Guidance on Certain Crypto Assets
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that in December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2023-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Crypto Assets (Subtopic 350-60): Accounting for and Disclosure of Crypto Assets. Note: the amendments in ASU 2023-08 require that an entity measure “in-scope” crypto assets (as […]
ECF Funds May be Subject to Uniform Guidance Audit
AAFCPAs would like to make Charter School clients aware that funds received under the ECF (Emergency Connectivity Fund) Program are federal funds and must be included in the calculation for determining your need for a Uniform Guidance audit. In May 2021, the ECF program was established by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to distribute ARPA […]
Will Paycheck Protection Program Loans Be Subject to Uniform Guidance for Nonprofit Organizations?
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes many provisions that are applicable to nonprofit organizations. One of the provisions is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans which provides 100% Federally guaranteed loans to covered entities who meet certain criteria. A consideration for nonprofit organizations is whether the loans will be subject […]