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| May 8, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 5/8/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: 2025 TIF Annual Reporting Forms
3. Released: New Relief Association Training Video
4. Released: OPEB Data Compilation
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Computer Access - Passwords
6. Job Openings
1. Message fr... |
| Apr 10, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 4/10/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Fire Relief Associations: Newsletter Sign-up
3. TIF Pooled Debt Form
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Broker Certifications
5. Job Openings
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Thank an accountant! Spring is a busy season for ... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/20/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Broker Certification Requirement
3. Reminder: Submit TIF Plans Within 60 Days
4. Cities and Townships: 2025 Annual Financial Reporting information
5. Released: Minnesota County Summary B... |
| Mar 13, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/13/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. County TIF Information Forms Due March 31
3. Released: Relief Association Reporting Forms
4. Released: Minnesota Summary Budget Report
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Petty Cash (Imprest) Funds – Part II
6. Job Opening... |
| Feb 27, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/27/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Broker Certification Requirement
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Multiple Signatures on Checks
4. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Check out our new dashboards! Our goal is to improve transp... |
| Feb 20, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/20/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Investment Performance Information
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Fuel Purchases
4. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
This week, my Office released Investigation Findings on Windemere Township’s contra... |
| Feb 6, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/6/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: County Administrative Expenses
3. Released: 2024 TIF Annual Legislative Report
4. Relief Associations: Fire Chief Service Credit Certification
5. XXX
6. Avoiding Pitfall: Surety Deposits for Non-Minneso... |
| Jan 30, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/30/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: County TIF Information Form
3. TIF: Four-Year Knockdown Rule Reminder
4. TIF: Excess Increment Reporting Reminder
5. Relief Associations: Note About 2025 Reporting Forms
6. Avoiding Pitfall: Disre... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/23/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Form
3. TIF: Authorization for TIF Consultants to Access SAFES
4. Avoiding Pitfall: First Meeting of the Year
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blah... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/16/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: Agreed-Upon Procedures Documents for Cities, Towns and Special Districts
3. Avoiding Pitfall: First Meeting of the Year
4. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Strong local governments grow fro... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/9/2026 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: Fire State Aid Reporting
3. Due: 2025 Lobbying Costs Reporting by January 31, 2026
4. Due: 2026 City and County Summary Budget Form by January 31, 2026
5. Due: 2025 Law Enforcement Agency Asset Fo... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 12/19/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: Updated Fire Relief Association Bylaw Guides
3. Due: 2026 City and County Summary Budget Form by January 31, 2026
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Bonds for Public Employees and Officers
5. Job Openings
1. Me... |
| Sep 19, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 9/19/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reminder: Submit TIF Plans Within 60 Days
3. Meeting: Fire Relief Association Working Group
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Computer Access by Employees
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
This week, we released the 2024 Ass... |
| Jul 25, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 7/25/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Meeting: Fire Relief Association Working Group
3. Released: OPEB Trust Investment Reporting Form
4. TIF Annual Disclosure
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Cashing Personal or Third-Party Checks
1. Message from Auditor B... |
| Jun 6, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 6/6/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Fire Relief Associations: SAFES Access for Accountants and Auditors
3. TIF: Reporting “Other” Revenue and Expenses
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Town Disbursement Process
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
If... |
| May 23, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 5/23/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reporting Out-District Expenditures
3. Reminder: Fire Relief Association Reporting Deadline
4. Avoiding Pitfall: The "Fraud Triangle"
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
As we head into Memo... |
| May 2, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 5/2/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: 2024 Legal Compliance Audit Guides Posted
3. Available: 2024 TIF Annual Reporting Forms
4. Revised: Fire Relief Association Statements of Position
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Credit Cards - Detailed Recei... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 4/25/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Authorization for TIF Consultants to Access SAFES
3. Released: Minnesota County Summary Budgets Report
4. Avoiding Pitfall: School Cash Handling Procedures
5. Job Openings
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
... |
| Apr 18, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 4/18/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Fire Relief Associations: Opportunity for Input
3. TIF Pooled Debt Form
4. Avoiding Pitfall: "Administrative" TIF Plan Modifications
5. Job Openings
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Attention Private ... |
| Mar 28, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/28/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Broker Certification Requirement
3. Final Reminder: County TIF Information Forms Due March 31
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Dangerous E-mails
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
On April 2... |
| Mar 21, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/21/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reminder: Submit TIF Plans Within 60 Days
3. Relief Associations: Investing through the SBI vs. Joining the Statewide Plan
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Asset Inventories
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Th... |
| Mar 14, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/14/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF Correction of Errors
3. Released: Pension Training Video
4. Deadline: Fire State Aid Reporting
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Asset Inventories
6. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Thank you to everyone who ... |
| Mar 7, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/7/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Association Reporting Deadline
3. TIF: A Primer for City Councils (& Other TIF Authorities)
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Use of Credit Cards
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
You may have seen ne... |
| Feb 28, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/28/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Financial and Investment Report of Fire Relief Associations
3. County TIF Information Forms Due March 31
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Use of Credit Cards
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Heads Up: When things... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/21/2025 | Due: 2024 Law Enforcement Agency Asset Forfeiture Reporting by February 28, 2025
Remember to report all forfeitures with a 2024 final disposition to the OSA by February 28, 2025. Final disposition is when an action has been taken on the pro... |
| Feb 14, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/14/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Form
3. Reminder: TIF Districts Decertification Requirements
4. Released: Minnesota Special Districts Finance Report
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Fire Relief A... |
| Feb 7, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/7/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: 2024 Revenue Thresholds for Audit Requirements
3. Released: Investment Performance Information
4. Available: 2024 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Contracting Procedures
6. Job... |
| Jan 31, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/31/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: 2023 TIF Annual Legislative Report
3. Relief Associations: Fire Chief Service Credit Certification
4. CTAS 2025 Is Now Available for Download
5. Available: 2024 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
6. ... |
| Jan 17, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/17/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Fire Relief Association Reporting Forms
3. Available: County TIF Information Form
4. Available: 2024 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Segregation of Duties - Part II
6. Deadlin... |
| Jan 10, 2025 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/10/2025 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. MN Port Authority Clean Energy (PACE) Loans: Update in Guidance
3. Available: Fire State Aid Reporting
4. TIF: Authorization for TIF Consultants to Access SAFES
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Segregation of Duties - P... |
| Dec 20, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 12/20/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Economic Interest Statements
3. Reminder: TIF Decertification Requirements
4. CTAS 1099-NEC & MISC Forms
5. Released: 2022 County Finances Report
6. Avoiding Pitfall: Employee Fraud
... |
| Jun 21, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 6/21/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Reporting “Other” Revenue and Expenses
3. Released: Pension Newsletter
4. Released: Pension Training Video
5. Avoiding Pitfall
6. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
How much do you know about Junet... |
| Jun 14, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 6/14/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Documenting Pay-As-You-Go Expenditures
3. Reminder: 2023 Fire Relief Association Reporting due June 30, 2024
4. Avoiding Pitfall
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
The Governmental Accounting St... |
| May 24, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 5/24/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Reporting "Non-TIF" Bonds
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Change in Bonded Officers
4. Job Openings
5. Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
"We must be free not because we claim freedom, but beca... |
| Mar 15, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/15/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reminder: Cash Basis Cities and Township Reporting
3. Reminder: Signing Pension Reporting Forms
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Cash Register Theft Schemes: Voids and Returns
5. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Audit... |
| Mar 8, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/8/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reminder: Investment Business Recipient Disclosure Form
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Fight Payroll Direct Deposit Fraud
4. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Join us! At the OSA, we created the State o... |
| Mar 1, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/1/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Investment Performance Information
3. Released: Pension Newsletter
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Mandatory Vacations
5. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Call for panelists! At the OSA, we cr... |
| Feb 23, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/23/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reminder: Relief Association Reporting Deadline
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Reconciliations
4. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
It’s that special time of year again – “State Ofs”! State of the Union... |
| Feb 9, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/9/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: 2022 Town Finances Report
3. Released: 2022 TIF Annual Legislative Report
4. Relief Associations: Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Form
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Employee Tips
6. Upcoming Deadlines
1.... |
| Feb 2, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/2/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: 2023 Revenue Thresholds for Audit Requirements
3. TIF: County Administrative Expenses
4. Released: Pension Newsletter
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Release of Not Public Data to the State Auditor
6. Job Ope... |
| Jan 19, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/19/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Available: Fire State Aid Reporting
3. Available: County TIF Information Form
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Phantom Vendors
5. Job Openings
6. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
We’re hiring! Over the n... |
| Jan 12, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/12/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Fire Relief Association Reporting Forms
3. Reminder: TIF Decertification Requirements
4. Available: 2023 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Cashing Checks
6. Job Openings
7. Upco... |
| Jan 12, 2024 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/5/2024 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Updated: TIF Interfund Loans Statement of Position
3. Pension: Key Reporting Requirements Calendar
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Policy for Account Adjustments and Write-offs
5. Job Openings
6. Upcoming Deadlines
1. ... |
| Jul 19, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 7/14/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Requesting Certification of a New TIF District
3. Reminder: 2023 TIF Training – Live Webinars
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Accountants Obligation to Report Evidence of Misconduct
5. Upcoming Deadlines
6. Job Op... |
| Jul 6, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 6/30/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Pension Newsletter
3. Available: 2023 TIF Training – Live Webinars
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Broker Certifications
5. Upcoming Deadlines
6. Job Openings
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
One of the greatest... |
| Jun 23, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 6/23/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Avoiding Pitfall: Contracts and Conflicts of Interest
3. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Is your park looking brown? Are you worried about local fields? Can you tell the difference between b... |
| Jun 22, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 6/16/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Pension Training Video
3. TIF: Reporting "Non-TIF" Bonds
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Fuel Purchases
5. Upcoming Deadlines
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
Happy Freedom Day! This year marks the fir... |
| Apr 21, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 4/21/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Authorization for TIF Consultants to Access SAFES
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Data Practices
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
This week our office presented the 2023 State of Main Street. I was joined by our Gove... |
| Apr 7, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 4/7/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Reminder: Sign Pension Reporting Forms
3. Deadline: 2022 Cash Basis Cities and Towns Reporting was due March 31, 2023
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Disregarding Policies is a Risk
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
On Mon... |
| Mar 24, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/24/2023 | Message from Auditor Blaha
1. Deadline: County TIF Forms Due March 31st
2. Available: 2022 Legal Compliance Audit Guides
3. Avoiding Pitfalls: Watch Out for Scammers Using Phishing or Smishing Email and Text Messages
Message from Auditor Bl... |
| Mar 4, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 3/3/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. We’re hiring!
3. Released: Pension Newsletter
4. Deadline: County TIF Forms Due March 31st
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Bonds for Public Employees and Officers
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
You are invited to join u... |
| Feb 17, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/17/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Fire Relief Association Reporting Forms
3. Avoiding Pitfall: Contract Quotations
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
The Office of the State Auditor (OSA) is hiring! We are looking for Local Government A... |
| Feb 10, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/10/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Investment Performance Information
3. Due: 2022 Annual Forfeiture Expenditures Reporting by February 28, 2023
4. Available: 2022 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
5. TIF: County Administrative Expen... |
| Feb 3, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 2/3/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Pension Newsletter
3. Due: 2022 Annual Forfeiture Expenditures Reporting by February 28, 2023
4. Available: 2022 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
5. Released: 2022 Revenue Thresholds for Audit Requ... |
| Jan 27, 2023 | OSA Weekly Update - 1/27/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Supplemental Benefit Reimbursement Form
3. Available: County TIF Information Form
4. Available: 2022 Annual Financial Reporting Forms
5. Due: 2022 Lobbying Costs Reporting by January 31,... |
| Jan 20, 2023 | State Auditor's E-Update - 1/20/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Meeting: Fire Relief Association Working Group
3. Released: Agreed-Upon Procedures Documents for Fire Relief Associations
4. Released: 2021 TIF Annual Legislative Report
5. Due: 2022 Lobbying Costs Reporting... |
| Jan 13, 2023 | State Auditor's E-Update - 1/13/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Meeting: Fire Relief Association Working Group
3. Released: Agreed-Upon Procedures Documents for Fire Relief Associations
4. Released: 2021 TIF Annual Legislative Report
5. Due: 2022 Lobbying Costs Reporting... |
| Jan 6, 2023 | State Auditor's E-Update - 1/6/2023 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Supplemental State Aid Work Group
3. Relief Associations: Pension Newsletter
4. TIF: Authorization for TIF Consultants to Access SAFES
5. Due: 2022 Lobbying Costs Reporting by January 31, 2023
6. D... |
| Jul 29, 2022 | State Auditor's E-Update - 7/29/2022 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Pension Newsletter
3. Deadlines: TIF Annual Reporting Form and TIF Annual Disclosure
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Monitoring Internal Controls
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
This week my office r... |
| Jul 23, 2022 | State Auditor's E-Update - 7/22/2022 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Military Breaks in Service
3. Reminder: TIF Annual Reporting Forms Due August 1
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Open Meeting Law Requirements Apply to Relief Associations
1. Message from Auditor Bl... |
| Jun 24, 2022 | State Auditor's E-Update - 6/24/2022 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. TIF: Reporting “Other” Revenue and Expenses
3. Due: 2021 Financial Reporting for Entities Reporting on the GAAP Basis of Accounting
4. Relief Associations: Pension Newsletter
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Check the C... |
| Jun 10, 2022 | State Auditor's E-Update - 6/10/2022 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Reporting Deadline
3. TIF: Reporting Out-District Expenditures
4. Avoiding Pitfall: Collateralization
1. Message from Auditor Blaha
For the first time, Juneteenth is a paid holiday for m... |
| May 13, 2022 | State Auditor's E-Update - 5/13/2022 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Released: Minnesota City Budgets Report – 2022 City Summary Budget Data Together with 2021 Summary Budget Data
3. Available: 2021 TIF Annual Reporting Forms
4. Relief Associations: Payment of Insurance Premi... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | State Auditor's E-Update - 4/22/2022 | 1. Message from Auditor Blaha
2. Relief Associations: Selected Relevant Statutes Booklet
3. TIF: TIF Pooled Debt Form
4. Released: 2020 County Finances Report
5. Avoiding Pitfall: Employee Timekeeping and Payroll Procedures
1. Message from ... |
