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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.

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.

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SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective October 1, 2022

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.

State of Arizona FY 2021 Single Audit Communication

As indicated in the August 12, 2022 webstory, the Office of Management and Budget issued a six-month extension on the FY 2021 Single Audit in the March 19th, 2021 memo M-21-20 Promoting Public Trust in the Federal Government through Effective Implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act and Stewardship of the Taxpayer Resources. The deadline with the extension is September 30, 2022. The General Accounting Office (GAO) and Auditor General are estimating the submittal will be the end of October 2022.

September 2022 CFO Meeting Agenda

The September 2022 CFO Meeting Agenda and Topic of the Month have been posted to the GAO Website.

The documents can be found on the GAO website under Publications, CFO Meetings.

Agenda September 2022 CFO Meeting

September 2022 - Food and Beverage Purchases

HRIS Unavailable Monday 9/26/22: Employee Related Expenditure (ERE) updates

HRIS will be unavailable on Monday, September 26th, 2022 to allow for system updates. 

The 55th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, 2022, House Bill 2856 was signed by Governor Ducey on June 28th, 2022, and becomes effective on the General Effective Date, September 24th, 2022.  This legislation amends A.R.S. §18-401 and increases the rate for the Technology Charge (IT) Pro-Rata Charge from .43% to .61% of total payroll.  This rate will be adjusted on the pay day of October 6th, 2022.

APG I B Tax Tables and EREs

infoAdvantage Statewide report updates

GAO has modified two Statewide reports and retired one as part of our report right-sizing efforts.

  •  FIN-AZ-DCAT-N522 Draft Doc(s) by Dept
    • Added new report tab with several new columns of data.
  • FIN-AZ-CM-N502 Monthly Cash Balance
    • Rebuilt to include one tab showing only Fund and another tab showing both Fund and Sub-fund
  • FIN-AZ-CM-N502s Monthly Cash Balance by Sub-Fund
    • Retired. Replaced by the new tab on the CM-N502.

 

Quarterly Fixed Asset Mass Depreciation Run on October 1, 2022

Fixed Asset Mass Depreciation Run for the 1st quarter of FY 2023 is scheduled to take place on October 1, 2022.  To reduce the potential for posting errors and/or failures, please refer to the Mass Depreciation Quarterly Checklist for actions required by your department: