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Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Federal Unemployment Taxes

GAO-01-382R Published: Feb 26, 2001. Publicly Released: Feb 26, 2001.
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GAO performed procedures to determine whether the net federal unemployment tax revenue distributed to the Unemployment Trust Fund for fiscal year 2000 is supported by the underlying records. The procedures GAO agreed to perform include (1) detailed tests of transactions that represent the underlying basis of amounts distributed to the UTF and (2) a review of key reconciliations of the Internal Revenue Service records to those of the Department of the Treasury.

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Accounting proceduresAuditing proceduresAuditing standardsFederal taxesFinancial recordsInternal controlsTrust fundsUnemployment insuranceUnemploymentAgreed-upon procedures