SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective September 9, 2019

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].

New SAAM Section(s)
4560

Expenditures, Expenses and Disbursements
Certain Information
Technology Expenditures

Details the proper handling of expenditures from the Automated Projects Fund.
SAAM Update(s)
0525

Internal Controls
Monthly Financial Review
and Verification

Updates the areas of financial operations that will be reviewed by Internal Audit. Updates the related Form GAO-66.
2590 Long-lived Resources
Capitalization, Depreciation,
Amortization and Posting
Tables.
Removes a reference to an obsoleted balance sheet account.
New SAAM Draft(s)
4570

Expenditures, Expenses and Disbursements
Approving Vendor
Claims/Invoices

Prescribes a number of areas of inquiry related to the approval of vendor claims.
4571

Expenditures, Expenses and Disbursements
Reviewing P-Card
Transactions

Prescribes a number of areas of inquiry related to the review of P-Card activity.

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
Greg Vokoun
Date