Instructor
Be prepared for the responsibilities of planning, directing, and reporting on a single audit engagement conducted under the Uniform Guidance. This course gives you insights into key issues that are not covered in other courses, with an emphasis on advanced topics that require particular attention. Case studies are provided to highlight key compliance audit requirements and to help put the guidance into practice.
• Assess risk when planning a compliance audit of federal awards.
• Evaluate whether the requirements related to the Schedule of
Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) have been met in your audit
engagement.
• Evaluate whether major federal programs to be audited have been
appropriately identified.
• Interpret the requirements for understanding internal control,
assessing the level of control risk, and testing the effectiveness of
internal control relative to federal awards.
• Interpret and evaluate the reporting requirements of a single audit.
• Interpret and evaluate guidance regarding sampling in a compliance
audit.
• Identify considerations related to pass-through entities.
• Planning the compliance audit and other risk assessment
considerations
• Required elements of the SEFA
• Major program determination process, including the considerations of
clusters, loans, and loan guarantees
• Considerations when assessing and evaluating internal controls over
compliance
• Evaluating and reporting on applicable compliance requirements
related to compliance testing
• Considerations of pass-through entities and subrecipients
• Audit sampling in a compliance audit
• Advanced audit reporting issues
Intermediate competency in
single audits
Auditors responsible for
planning, directing, and reporting
on single audits