The Balance Sheet

All North Carolina local governments and certain nonprofits are eligible to apply to the FEMA Public Assistance Program for FEMA reimbursement to assist with emergency expenses related to responding to COVID-19. The NC Division of Emergency Management and the UNC School of Government have partnered to produce an on-demand applicant briefing webinar that gives instructions on how to registe

From Diane Juffras at UNC's School of Government: 

I recently published a new blog post on our Coates’ Canons blog: Furloughing Employees During the COVID-19 Crisis. You can find it here.

As you are likely aware, the GAO 2018 Revision of the Government Auditing Standards – also known as the Yellow Book – are in effect for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. We are not anticipating any delay in this standard as it is already in ef

Although the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on North Carolina counties is not yet known, we can be sure that there will be one. We can also be sure that the pandemic downturn will negatively impact sales tax revenues for both the final quarter of FY 2020 and part or all of FY 2021.

Public utility systems have undoubtedly taken a hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, be it from businesses reducing hours or shutting down, or from the temporary ban on enforcing collections or both. In addition, some units may be dealing with a reduced workforce to manage their systems. All of these challenges may be a cause for concern with your May (SRF) and June (USDA) debt payments th

We have received many questions recently about interim budgets, and for good reason.

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The guidance that was provided in this post is no longer accurate due to Governor Roy Cooper’s Executive Order No. 124 issued on March 31, 2020 and has been removed.

In a press release dated March 26, 2020, the GASB announced it is considering postponement of implementation of all standards and implementation guides with effective dates that begin on or after reporting periods ended June 30, 2018, and beyond.

If you were unable to call in to the ZOOM call held on Wednesday, March 25, the UNC School of Government is sponsoring a repeat of the call on Friday, March 27, at 1:00 p.m. 

The UNC School of Government is sponsoring two free ZOOM calls this week for local governments about water/wastewater utilities operations and information for local government finance professionals during COVID-19.

The US Census website has deployed a new security procedure on the login page that counties and municipalities use to submit their Annual Financial Information Report. 

SERCAP (Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project, Inc.) announces its 9th year presenting