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| Critical Dates Calendar | IASBO Regional Directors | November 2010 | Month by month calendar of what regular items need to be filed or completed | Click here for Word version of Critical Dates
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| Guide on Taxability of Fringe Benefits | Internal Revenue Service | January 2012 | Guide on Taxability of Fringe Benefits | http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/fringe_benefit_fslg.pdf
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| Iowa Workforce Updates and required posting | State Workforce Division | | Contact person, Margret Meade Iowa OSHA Consultation 515.281.0896 | http://www.iowaworks.org/reqposters.htm | Free on Web |
| Correct coding of revenues & expenditures | State of Iowa | | | http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=337 | |
| Records Retention | IASBO | December 2002 | | Download this document (.pdf) format | |
| Uniform Financial Accounting for Iowa LEAs and AEAs | Iowa Department of Education | 2005 | Laws, rules and regulations, account classification and description | http://www.iowa.gov/educate/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=337 | Free on Web |
| Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa School Officials | Iowa Department of Education | updated periodically | Relevant legal and authoritative citations and references in the area of school business | Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa School Officials
Each chapter in the UAP is a stand alone Word file and can be searched for a particular word to speed up the hunt. | Free on Web |
| Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa AEA Officials | Iowa Department of Education | December 2011 | Relevant legal and authoritative citations and references in the area of AEA school business | Uniform Administrative Procedures for Iowa AEA Officials | Free on Web |
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| School Budget Data | Iowa Department of Management | Updated annually | Data on unspent balances, tax rates, levies, and valuations | http://www.dom.state.ia.us/local/index.html | Free on Web |
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| Legislative Guide to Basic Iowa Education Finance | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | December 2001 | Publication to help Iowa legislators understand Iowa School Finance | http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Central/
LSB/Guides/edfin.htm | Free on Web |
| Legislative Guide to Local Property Tax | Iowa Legislative Service Bureau | December 2001 | Publication to help Iowa legislators understand local property taxes | http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Central/
LSB/Guides/proptax.htm | Free on Web |
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| Iowa School Finance Terminology | Iowa Department of Education | Periodic updates | Provides standard definitions for Iowa school finance terms | Available at:
http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=280&Itemid=337
Scroll down to “Terminology” | Free on Web |
| Searchable Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) | | Updated annually | Provides information on federal grants | http://www.cfda.gov/ | Free on Web |
| GAAFR - Governmental Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting (a.k.a. Blue Book) | GFOA - Government Finance Officers Assoc. | updated regularly | Provides a guide to GAAP Interpretations and sample applications | http://www.gfoa.org
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| Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards and Original Pronouncements | GASB Governmental Accounting Standards Board | updated regularly | Authoritative reference for standards that are identified as generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and all of the GASB pronouncements that constitute the body of governmental accounting and financial reporting standards | http://www.gasb.org/
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| State Auditor’s Sample Reports | State of Iowa - Auditor of
| Periodic updates and RFP for audit services
| Sample Community School District , AEA, and Community College audit reports | http://auditor.iowa.gov/index.html
| Free on Web |
