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Before we quote audit services in Bellingham, we ask who requires them. Some recipients accept a compilation or review, which costs you less than an audit. We are registered with the PCAOB and peer-reviewed by another CPA firm every 18 months, and senior auditors run every audit.
We offer three levels of assurance. The audit vs review choice belongs to the requester, unless a regulator or grantor requires one. Ask for the exact wording before you ask for a quote.
We assemble your statements and attach a compilation report, with no assurance.
We question management and analyze the numbers, then give a conclusion at a limited level of assurance.
We test the evidence behind your audited financial statements and give an opinion, at a high level of assurance.
A PCAOB audit and an audit under generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) performed by a PCAOB-registered firm are different services at different prices. A request that names the PCAOB does not always mean you need a PCAOB audit, so send it to us and we will read it.
An opinion on your statements for a lender, an investor, a regulator or a board.
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For organizations spending federal awards above the single audit threshold.
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We follow Government Auditing Standards when a law, grantor, contract or policy requires them, either standalone or within a single audit.
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For grantors, donors, funders and boards, and for Washington charities that cross a state reporting tier.
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For homeowners associations answering to owners, a lender, an insurer, the CC&Rs or state law.
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For lenders, investors, regulators and acquisition due diligence, with compilations and reviews alongside.
Learn moreChurch audits and compilations are on the services index. Ask us about reviews and agreed-upon procedures.
How do I check an audit request?
Send us the letter, the grant agreement or the CC&Rs, and we will tell you which service you need.
A regulator, funder, governing body, lender or investor may set the audit requirement.
Pick who sent you the request.
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$3M+
Average gross revenue over three years
The Washington Secretary of State. A registered charity averaging more than $3 million in gross revenue over its three preceding completed accounting years obtains an independent third-party audit, unless the charities program grants a narrow waiver to organizations that take in little of that revenue in cash (RCW 19.09.541, WAC 434-120-107).
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$1M+
Federal awards spent in a fiscal year
A federal funder. For fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2024, a non-federal entity spending $1 million or more in federal awards needs a single or program-specific audit (2 CFR 200.501).
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Under $1M
Federal spending can still bring a Yellow Book audit
A state or local grantor. A grantor can require a Yellow Book audit even when your federal spending stays under the single audit threshold.
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HOA
Governing documents, state law, a lender or an insurer
Your CC&Rs or your members. A homeowners association can owe an audit under its own governing documents, under state law, or on request from a lender or an insurer.
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Covenant
The report, the framework and the date
A lender or an investor. Check the covenant or the term sheet for the report, the framework and the date, then send it to us.
We price audit services in Washington by staff hours, and we assign a partner or a senior auditor when your operations are complex.
We give you a flat-fee quote after a 30-minute call, before you engage our firm and before any fieldwork begins.
We finish faster when you keep clean records. If you need cleanup first, we say so at the 30-minute call and quote it separately. Our bookkeepers can prepare the records when we can preserve our independence.
We rebuilt the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and closed a federal compliance gap with no questioned costs.
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We traced two years of reserve activity and gave the board the documentation it needed.
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We restated three years of financials and kept the acquisition on track to a letter of intent.
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Send us the request, the reporting period and the deadline. We will return your scope, fee and fieldwork plan before any work begins.
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