The goal of the SAA is that one audit can provide both a basis for an opinion on the recipient entity's financial statement and a basis for determining whether federal financial assistance program resources are being managed and controlled appropriately
The U.S. Congress adopted the Single Audit Act (SAA; Public Law 98-502) in 1984 to establish entity-wide audit requirements for state and local governments and Indian tribal governments receiving federal financial assistance.
Audit requirements are triggered by federal funds expended rather than funds received
Before the SAA, federal agencies had the authority to require an audit of each federally funded program or activity. Thus, audit overlaps and organizational inefficiencies existed as there was no coordination among the federal agencies.
The amendments exempt entities receiving a relatively small amount of federal funds, enacts guidelines to ensure that high-risk programs are subject to audit, and simplifies reporting requirements.
Audit under any statute in a Country(State) is called statutory audit & Audit under any taxation law is called tax audit. For example books of accounts are audited under the Companies Act, 1956 (Statutory Audit) and Financial Statements of companies are prepared as per the provisions of this Act. Books are also audited under the Income Tax Act, 1961 and the income arrived at as per the provisions of this Act is taxed (Tax Audit).
The objective of an audit is to provide reasonable assurance that an assertion corresponds with a set of specified and established criteria.
The provision of the company act in audit requires that all the companies be audited after a given duration of time.
Provide a single-payer system of health insurance
Provide a single-payer system of health insurance
Provide a single-payer system of health insurance
Establish uniform requirements for audits of federal funds provided to state and local governments
The director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is responsible for dictating policies, procedures, and guidelines to carry out the SAA.