Article 10. Audits
22VAC30-60-450. Area Agencies on Aging retain own independent public accountants.
Article 10
Audits
A. Each Area Agency on Aging shall retain its own public accountant, who is sufficiently independent of those who authorize the expenditure of federal funds, to produce unbiased opinions, conclusions, or judgments. The auditor shall meet the independence criteria established in Chapter 3 of the Government Auditing Standards, as amended, (the Yellow Book) published by the U.S. General Accounting Office.
B. In arranging for audit services, an Area Agency on Aging shall follow procurement standards for retaining professional services. Small audit firms and audit firms owned and controlled by minority individuals shall have the maximum practical opportunity to participate in audit contracts awarded.
C. In soliciting and retaining auditors to conduct the annual audit, an Area Agency on Aging must make specific reference in their request for proposals and any resulting subcontract that the auditor shall be required to conform the audit to the requirements in Audits of States, Local Governments, and Nonprofit Organizations, OMB Circular A-133; and the Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofit Organizations, OMB Circular A-110, as applicable. This would relate to the scope of the audit, standardized audit report, reportable events, monitoring by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services and quality assurance review, access to audit work papers, plan for corrective action, and resolution of audit findings.
D. The audit solicitation and any resulting contract for audit services shall make specific reference that "if it is determined that the contractor's audit work was unacceptable as determined by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services or a federal supervisory agency, either before or after a reasonable time after a draft or final report was issued, because it did not meet the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services' standards, the AICPA Standards, or those promulgated by the Comptroller General of the United States, the contractor may, at the area agency's written request, be required to reaudit at its own expense and resubmit a revised audit report which is acceptable."
Statutory Authority
§ 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 3001 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 2, eff. October 24, 2012; amended, Virginia Register Volume 35, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2019.
22VAC30-60-460. Frequency of audits and due date for submission of audit reports.
A. An audit of Area Agencies on Aging and their grantees and cost-reimbursement contractors shall be conducted at least annually.
B. The audit report shall be submitted to the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services by December 15. If, for reasons within the control of the Area Agency on Aging, this report cannot be submitted by this time, funding of the agency may be suspended by the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services. An Area Agency on Aging shall make a written request for an extension of time for justifiable reasons to the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services before December 15. Such request shall be submitted with sufficient time for Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services' review and approval.
Statutory Authority
§ 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 3001 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 2, eff. October 24, 2012.
22VAC30-60-470. Scope of audit report.
A. The audit shall be made by an independent auditor in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards covering financial and compliance audits.
B. The audit shall cover the entire operations of the agency or, at the option of that agency, it may cover departments, agencies or establishments that received, expended or otherwise administered federal financial assistance during the year. A series of audits of individual departments, agencies, and establishments for the same fiscal year may be considered a single audit.
C. The auditor shall determine whether:
1. The financial statements and the accompanying schedules of the agency, department, or establishment present fairly its financial position and the results of its financial operations in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
2. The organization has internal accounting and other control systems to provide reasonable assurance that it is managing federal financial assistance programs in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
3. The organization has complied with laws and regulations that may have a material effect on its financial statements and on each major federal assistance program.
D. The independent public accountant shall render an opinion on three accompanying schedules: Status of Funds, Costs by Program Activity, and Status of Inventories.
Statutory Authority
§ 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 3001 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 2, eff. October 24, 2012.
22VAC30-60-480. Area Agency on Aging audit resolution.
Each Area Agency on Aging shall have a systematic method to assure the timely and appropriate resolution of audit findings and recommendations.
Statutory Authority
§ 51.5-131 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 3001 et seq.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 29, Issue 2, eff. October 24, 2012.