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Does Your Municipality Need Bank Reconciliations? Ensure Your Records Match the Bank’s.

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A bank reconciliation is a process that compares the records of a local government’s bank account with the local government’s financial records.   When a local government makes a deposit […]

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What’s in the Fiscal Responsibility Act?

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President Biden has signed into law the new debt ceiling agreement that he reached with U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). The Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) suspends — […]

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How To Develop a Responsible Local Government Budget Process

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 A local government’s budget establishes its vision, strategy, and priorities, and communicates those to its employees and citizens. It could easily be considered one of the most critical tasks appointed […]

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The IRS Has Just Announced 2024 Amounts for Health Savings Accounts

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The IRS recently released guidance providing the 2024 inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HSA fundamentals An HSA is a trust created or organized exclusively for the purpose of […]

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Social Security’s Future: The Problem and the Proposals

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Recent reports have raised anew concerns about the impending insolvency of the Social Security program, absent congressional action. Social Security reform has long been considered a “third rail” of American […]

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