Services: Audit & Assurance
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Grant Compliance for Behavioral Health: Avoiding Disallowed Costs
A cost charged to a federal behavioral health grant is allowable only if it is necessary, reasonable, allocable to the award, consistent with your
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What a Custodial Account Audit Covers for Mortgage Servicers
A custodial account audit tests whether a mortgage servicer keeps borrower escrow and investor principal-and-interest funds in properly titled, federally
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Production Accounting 101: Cost Reports, Hot Costs, and Audits
Production accounting records and reports a film’s costs against its budget using tools like the weekly cost report and the daily hot cost.
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Reading a WIP Schedule: Over and Under Billings Explained
A WIP schedule shows each contract’s price, costs to date, estimated cost to complete, percentage complete, earned revenue, and billings.
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How to Choose a Construction CPA Who Understands Bonding
Choose a construction CPA who prepares WIP schedules as a routine part of your financial statements, applies percentage-of-completion revenue recognition
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Functional Expense Allocation: Program vs Overhead Done Right
Functional expense allocation assigns each cost to program services, management and general, or fundraising based on the purpose it serves.
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Mortgage Agency Approval: What New Originators Need
Mortgage agency approval is the process of getting authorized to originate, underwrite, or service loans backed by federal programs and the secondary market,
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What Sureties Want to See in Your Surety Bonding Financial Statements
Sureties judge bonding capacity primarily on working capital and net worth, supported by a clean work-in-progress (WIP) schedule and a CPA report at the
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QC 1000 vs SQMS No. 1: PCAOB vs AICPA Audit Standards
QC 1000 and SQMS No. 1 both demand a quality management system but apply to different firms. Compare the PCAOB and AICPA standards and…
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SAS 145 Risk Assessment: First-Year Lessons for Clients
SAS 145 changed risk assessment mechanics, not audit objectives. Learn the first-year lessons and documentation pitfalls peer reviewers are flagging.