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Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Federal Unemployment Taxes

GAO-05-27R Published: Nov 05, 2004. Publicly Released: Nov 05, 2004.
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We assisted the Department of Labor in ascertaining whether the net federal unemployment tax (FUTA) revenue distributed to the Unemployment Trust Fund (UTF) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, is supported by the underlying records. We evaluated fiscal year 2004 activity affecting distributions to the UTF. In performing the agreed-upon procedures, we conducted our work in accordance with U.S. generally accepted government auditing standards, which incorporate financial audit and attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. These standards also provide guidance for performing and reporting the results of agreed-upon procedures. The procedures we agreed to perform include (1) detailed tests of transactions that represent the underlying basis of amounts distributed to the UTF and (2) review of key reconciliations of the Internal Revenue Service records to the Department of the Treasury records.

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Auditing proceduresFederal taxesFinancial recordsFinancial statement auditsFunds managementTrust fundsPolicies and proceduresUnemploymentAgreed-upon proceduresTaxes