Surgent's You’ve Got This: An Introduction to Yellow Book and Single Audits
Overview
If you work with governments or not-for-profits, mastering the fundamentals of Yellow Book and single audits is essential. This beginner-friendly course breaks down the key requirements of the Yellow Book and the Uniform Guidance for Federal Awards into clear, manageable concepts. You’ll learn the essentials of performing Yellow Book and single audits with confidence—building a strong foundation, boosting your understanding, and equipping you to conduct audits efficiently and effectively.
Highlights
- What’s included (and excluded) in a Yellow Book audit
- Key qualification, performance, and reporting standards under the Yellow Book
- How single audits differ from financial statement audits, plus core concepts like the SEFA, major program determination, and findings reporting
- Fundamentals of testing internal controls over compliance and performing compliance testing
Prerequisites
None
Designed For
Not-for-profit and government auditors
Objectives
- See how Yellow Book audits and single audits differ from GAAS audits
- Understand the extra steps needed to meet Yellow Book expectations for a financial audit
- Navigate essential single audit concepts
Preparation
None
Notice
This course is offered by a 3rd party vendor and will not be accessible in the My CPE Tracker section of the ISCPA website. Course access information will be emailed directly to you by Surgent Professional Education.
Leader(s):
Leader Bios
Charles Blanton
Since 2011, Charlie has been the Director of Governmental and Nonprofit Product Development for Surgent McCoy CPE, LLC. In that role, he writes Surgent McCoy’s CPE course offerings which qualify for Yellow Book CPE. Charlie has written over 20 CPE courses and teaches 15 to 20 days annually in the governmental and nonprofit arena. Before joining Surgent McCoy, he served as the technical manager for the AICPA’s governmental and nonprofit CPE courses from 1999 to 2011. Prior to serving the AICPA, Charlie worked for KPMG (where he performed Yellow Book and single audits); the Texas Society of CPAs (where he worked in peer review); Taylor Publishing; and Texas Wesleyan University (where he saw the Yellow Book and single audit process from the client’s perspective).
Non-Member Price $209.00
Member Price $159.00