Improvements Needed in Controls Over the Preparation of the U. S. Consolidated Financial Statements

The Dept. of the Treasury, in coordination with the Office of Management and Budget, is primarily responsible for preparing the financial report of the U.S. government, which contains the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government (CFS). As part of the FY 2010 CFS audit, the author identified material weaknesses and other control deficiencies in the processes used to prepare the CFS. This report: (1) provides details on new financial statement preparation control deficiencies identified during the audit of the FY 2010 CFS; (2) recommends improvements, and (3) provides the status of corrective actions taken to address recommendations that remained open at the end of the FY 2009 audit. This is a print on demand report.