SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective October 5, 2020

New or updated Sections, if any, of the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) listed below have been posted to /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 /publications/saam/saam-draft.

Drafts are posted for comment and do not reflect policy statements that are in effect. Agencies are requested to review any Drafts within sixty (60) days of initial posting and send their comments to [email protected].

Updated  SAAM Section(s)
0008 General Information
Standardized Input Required by the General Accounting Office
Agencies should now allow for thirty (30) calendar days to receive a response for request for approvals of an agency-specific form.
0041 General Information
Other Governments vs. Other Agencies
Updated policy to include how to correctly account for revenues in addition to expenditures from other governments vs. other State of Arizona agencies.
9513 Lists
Chart of Accounts Revenue Source Accounts
Added clarification in the descriptions for 4230 State & Local Government and removed non-valid objects from the description in 4342.  Changes made to descriptions only.  No additions or deletions were made to the revenue sources.
9525 Lists
Agency Listings Sorted by AFIS Code and Agency Name
Updated the list and names due to agency consolidations.

Comments, corrections, complaints and compliments should be emailed to [email protected].  Please include the number of the SAAM section and relevant paragraph(s) (SAAM NNNN-nn.nn.nn) in the subject line.

Author
Christy Kramer
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