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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.

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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.

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Fiscal Year-End 2018-2019 (FYE19) Memo and Closing Instructions Are Available on the GAO Website

The Fiscal Year-End 2018-2019 (FYE19) Memo and Closing Instructions are available on the GAO Website. To view a copy of the memo and instructions, please visit the GAO website using the link https://gao.az.gov/afis/afis-information.

The memo does not address Non-Commodity Purchase Order (GAEIV1) documents processing in the new fiscal year. The GAO has been working with ADOA/SPO to validate the integration process and will communicate to agencies as soon as information becomes available.

BFY20 Budget Structure Elections

Fiscal Year 20 Profiles Creation Process has been rescheduled

Fiscal Year 20 Profiles Creation Process (NYTI), which was initially scheduled to take place at 4:00 p.m.

infoAdvantage Statewide Report Updates

The GAO has made updates to Statewide Reports in infoAdvantage:

New Employer Identification Number (EIN) and Filing Process for Use Tax, Transaction Privilege Tax and Federal Grant Agencies

The Department of Revenue (DOR) and the General Accounting Office (GAO) have recently worked together to establish and pilot a new process for filing Use Tax and Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) with DOR.  This new process involves cleaning up existing EINs that are no longer used, as well as establishing new and separate EINs for each agency that pays Use Tax and/or TPT to DOR, and/or that have Federal grants. To determine if your agency is currently or should be paying Use Tax or TPT, we ask that all agencies take the survey using the link below:

April CFO Meeting Agenda

The April 2019 CFO Meeting Agenda has been posted to the GAO Website. 

If you are a State agency off the Capitol Mall and would like to join the meeting remotely, please email Tami Eckloff at [email protected] to inquire about joining the meeting remotely.  Joining the meeting remotely is only being offered to agencies off the Capitol Mall.

The agenda can be found under Publications, CFO Meetings.

Agenda April 2019 CFO Meeting

SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective April 15, 2019

New or updated Sections, if any, of the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) listed below have been posted to https://gao.az.gov/publications/saam.

Changes contained in updated SAAM sections can easily be identified using the instructions contained in SAAM 0007.

New  or updated SAAM Drafts, if any, have been posted to https://gao.az.gov/publications/saam/saam-draft.