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Welcome to the Arizona General Accounting Office (GAO)

The General Accounting Office (GAO) is responsible for establishing Statewide accounting policies and procedures, managing the Arizona Financial Information System (AFIS), administering the Statewide Payroll through the Human Resources Information Solution (HRIS), preparing the Statewide Financial Reports, and providing technical assistance and other management advisory services.

Mission Statement

To provide State and Federal agencies, the general public, and other interested public or private entities with accurate and timely financial services, management information, and technical assistance while ensuring compliance with related statutes and rules; to maintain and improve the Statewide automated financial systems; and to provide for the safeguarding of State assets.

Links
Arizona OPENBOOKS
AZ.Gov
APP
Human Resources Information Solution (HRIS)
Governor's Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting (OSPB)
Vendor Payment Search
Your Employee Services
Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC)
State of Arizona - Office of the Auditor General
Arizona Attorney General – Collection Referral Process

Web Portal Quick Reference Guide

Quarterly Fixed Asset Mass Depreciation October 3, 2020

The next scheduled fixed asset mass depreciation batch run will be processed on 10/3/2020. To reduce the potential for posting errors and/or failures, please refer to the Mass Depreciation Quarterly Checklist for actions required by your department:

Close/Cancel functionality in APP

Summary:  The close/cancel PO option in APP no longer functions as anticipated when a tax rate change is done to a line item at the invoice level only in APP.  This option causes extra encumbrance amounts being posted to the PO (GAEIV1) encumbrance balance in AFIS.

FY 2021 CFO Meeting Schedule

The FY 2021 CFO Meeting Schedule has been posted to the GAO Website. 

CFO Meeting Schedule for FY21

CFO Meeting Schedule for FY21

Fiscal Year 2020 was officially closed

Fiscal Year 2020 was officially closed. In addition, July (Accounting Period 1) of Fiscal Year
2021 was also hard closed.

Presidential Memo on Payroll Tax Deferral

Director Tobin sent a memo to Agency Directors regarding the Presidential Memo on deferring payroll tax obligations. 

 

Presidential Memo on Payroll Tax Deferral

New Content - Cost Accounting Basics CBT available in Tracorp

As of September 4, 2020 the GAO has placed a new piece of content into Tracorp, available to all users. This is to benefit specific employees who have the DEPT_CA security role in AFIS. The Cost Accounting Live Virtual Training is being revamped to better suit the Virtual Training Platform that GAO has transitioned to since March 2020. The Cost Accounting Basics CBT is a required prerequisite that must be completed by all users before attending the Cost Accounting Live Virtual Training Course.