This technical-level course provides the tools for accountants and financial analysts to understand government budgets, the CAFR, and the single audit.  Participants discuss budgets, financial statements and the audit, and recent changes affecting federal awards and the single audit.  Participants should bring examples and questions about their budgets, financial statements and single audits. The discussion reviews terms and definitions used with public agency financial statements and budgets, identify assumptions, recognize financial information presented in financial statements and auditor reports, and how to interpret results reported from single audits.  Eligible for CPE credits for Certified Public Accountants.

Instructor:  Laura Lindal, CPA is an instructor with the California Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA) Education Foundation and an experienced public agency CPA.