Skagit County, WA – The Skagit County Auditors Office has been recently been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting (CAFR) for fiscal year 2015 by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
The award is the highest form of recognition for government accounting and financial reporting. This is the fifth straight year in a row that Chief Accountant Jana Robbins and key Auditor’s Office Staff have earned the award.
According to a January 25th, 2017 press release from Skagit County, the award encourages State and local Governments to go above and beyond when preparing annual financial reports, with the goal of creating a transparent document that clearly shows residents and taxpayers the financial activity of their government.
The CAFR application is judged by an impartial panel assembled by the Government of Financial Officers Association to meet the high standards of the program, including demonstration of a constructive “spirit of full disclosure” to clearly communicate its financial story.
The Skagit County Auditors Office Publishes several comprehensive financial reports on its website with can be found by clicking here.
The Government Finance Officers Association is a nonprofit association serving roughly 17,500 government finance professionals across the country according to the release.
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