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City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida -5- September 7, 2010 <br /> Our procedures will include tests of documentary evidence supporting the <br /> transactions recorded in the accounts, and may include tests of the physical existence <br /> of inventories, and direct confirmation of receivables and certain other assets and <br /> liabilities by correspondence with selected individuals, funding sources, creditors, and <br /> financial institutions. We will request written representations from your attorneys as part <br /> of the engagement, and they may bill you for responding to this inquiry. At the <br /> conclusion of our audit, we will require certain written representations from you about <br /> the financial statements and related matters. <br /> Audit Procedures—Internal Controls <br /> Our audit will include obtaining an understanding of the entity and its environment, <br /> including internal control, sufficient to assess the risks of material misstatement of the <br /> financial statements and to design the nature, timing, and extent of further audit <br /> procedures. Tests of controls may be performed to test the effectiveness of certain <br /> controls that we consider relevant to preventing and detecting errors and fraud that <br /> are material to the financial statements and to preventing and detecting <br /> misstatements resulting from illegal acts and other noncompliance matters that have <br /> a direct and material effect on the financial statements. Our tests, if performed, will <br /> be less in scope than would be necessary to render an opinion on internal control and, <br /> accordingly, no opinion will be expressed in our report on internal control issued <br /> pursuant to Government Auditing Standards. <br /> As required by OMB Circular A-133 and Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General, <br /> we will perform tests of controls over compliance to evaluate the effectiveness of the <br /> design and operation of controls that we consider relevant to preventing or detecting <br /> material noncompliance with compliance requirements applicable to each major <br /> federal award program and state project. However, our tests will be less in scope than <br /> would be necessary to render an opinion on those controls and, accordingly, no <br /> opinion will be expressed in our report on internal control issued pursuant to OMB <br /> Circular A-133 and Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General. <br /> An audit is not designed to provide assurance on internal control or to identify <br /> significant deficiencies. However, during the audit, we will communicate to <br /> management and those charged with governance internal control related matters <br /> that are required to be communicated under AICPA professional standards, <br /> Government Auditing Standards, OMB Circular A-133 and Chapter 10.550, Rules of the <br /> Auditor General. <br /> Audit Procedures—Compliance <br /> As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are <br /> free of material misstatement, we will perform tests of the City's compliance with <br /> applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of contracts and agreements, <br /> including grant agreements. However, the objective of those procedures will not be <br /> to provide an opinion on overall compliance and we will not express such an opinion <br /> in our report on compliance issued pursuant to Government Auditing Standards. <br />