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Governmental Clients

At Marien + Company, we believe it is our job to stay current on emerging industry issues. We have over 30 years of experience in this area, which allows us to help you understand these regulations and how they can affect your governmental entity. We have significant experience working with municipalities, school districts, fire districts, and other specialty districts. We focus specifically on small to medium-sized governments. We assign our most experienced professionals to work on your account to ensure that your entity gets the service you deserve. We provide many diverse services to government organizations, including:

  • Preparation of Financial Statements and Audits, Reviews or Compilations
  • Assistance in the Preparation of Budgets, Forecasts and Projections
  • Assistance in Preparing Policies and Procedures
  • Review of Internal Controls and Compliance
  • Assistance in Establishing Accounting and Reporting Systems
  • Assistance with Accounting and Bookkeeping Issues
  • Professional Staffing and Consulting Assistance
  • Assistance with Cost Allocation Plans and Overhead Rates
  • Fraud Investigations
  • Assistance with Audit Committees
  • Assistance in Preparing Form ED001
  • Special Procedures to Test Sub-Recipients’ Controls and Compliance

The rules and regulations required of governmental entities and their auditors are constantly evolving. Governmental entities have always had to wade through the regulatory waters carefully, with regulations coming from many sources including the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB), the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the United States General Accounting Office (GAO), the Statements on Auditing Standards (SAS), the Federal Single Audit, the State Single Audit, numerous granting agencies, as well as your own governmental entity. These standards have created significant changes to the financial reporting requirements. In addition, the changes in standards require additional procedures from the government’s internal accounting department.

Our staff works diligently to assist governmental entities to understand what is required of them by the regulations in place, and how it will affect their financial reporting. We do this by providing our governmental clients with classes on subjects such as:

  • Government Finances for Newly Elected Officials
  • Bookkeeping Series for Municipalities
  • Capital Improvement Planning and Budgeting
  • Internal Control Framework: Establishing an Accounting Manual
  • Establishing An Audit Committee
  • Preparing Form ED001 for Boards of Education
  • Proper Treatment and Controls for Student Activity Funds
  • How to Write Management’s Discussion and Analysis