Accounting and Internal Audit Clause Samples

The Accounting and Internal Audit clause establishes requirements for maintaining accurate financial records and implementing internal controls within an organization. It typically mandates that the party must keep detailed books and records in accordance with accepted accounting principles and may require periodic internal audits to ensure compliance and detect irregularities. This clause serves to promote transparency, prevent fraud, and provide assurance to stakeholders that financial operations are properly managed and monitored.
Accounting and Internal Audit. 1. The Subconcessionaire shall establish its own accounting system, sound administrative organizations and appropriate internal auditing procedures, and shall comply with the instructions of the government issued on such matters, especially instructions issued through the GICB and the Finance Services Bureau. 2. The Subconcessionaire shall adopt the current standards of the generally accepted accounting format in its compilation and submission of the accounts, but without prejudice to the Chief Executive, upon the suggestions of the head of the GICB or the Finance Services Bureau, stipulating special rules to be complied with by the Subconcessionaire relating to accounting books, accounting documents or other accounting information required, the standards to be adopted by the Subconcessionaire in recording its business activities and compilation and submission of the accounts.
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  • Accounting and Tax Matters The General Partner shall keep proper and usual books and records pertaining to the Partnership’s business in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The books and records and all files of the Partnership shall be kept at its principal office. The General Partner shall prepare and furnish to the Limited Partners promptly after the close of each fiscal year an unaudited statement, certified by the General Partner, showing the operations of the Partnership for such fiscal year, including a balance sheet and statement of income or loss and changes in financial position for such fiscal year, the balance of each Limited Partner’s Capital Account, the unpaid balance due under all obligations of the Partnership and all other information reasonably requested by any Partner. The Limited Partners, and the authorized agents thereof, shall have the right at all reasonable times to audit, examine and make copies or extracts from the Partnership books of account. Federal, state and local income tax returns of the Partnership shall be prepared and timely filed by the General Partner. Copies of the tax returns shall be furnished to the Limited Partners prior to filing thereof. The General Partner is hereby designated the tax matters partner of the Partnership.

  • Accounting and Financial Reporting 7.1 The Trustee shall maintain separate records and ledger accounts in respect of the Contributions deposited in the Trust Fund account and disbursements to Partner Entities made therefrom. 7.2 The Trustee shall furnish to the Donors current financial information relating to receipts, disbursements and fund balance in United States dollars of the Trust Fund with respect to the Contributions via the World Bank’s Trust Funds Donor Center secure website. Within six (6) months after all commitments and liabilities under the Trust Fund have been satisfied and the Trust Fund has been closed, the final financial information relating to receipts, disbursements and fund balance in United States dollars of the Trust Fund with respect to the Contributions will be made available to the Donors via the World Bank’s Trust Funds Donor Center secure website. 7.3 The Trustee shall provide to the Donors, within six (6) months following the end of each Trustee fiscal year, an annual single audit report, comprising: (a) a management assertion together with an attestation from the Trustee’s external auditors concerning the adequacy of internal control over cash-based financial reporting for all cash-based trust funds as a whole; and (b) a combined financial statement for all cash-based trust funds together with the Trustee’s external auditor’s opinion thereon. The cost of the single audit shall be borne by the Trustee. 7.4 If a Donor wishes to request, on an exceptional basis, a financial statement audit by the Trustee’s external auditors of the Trust Fund, the Donor and the Trustee shall first consult as to whether such an external audit is necessary. The Trustee and the Donor shall agree on the appropriate scope and terms of reference of such audit. Following agreement on the scope and terms of reference, the Trustee shall arrange for such external audit. The costs of any such audit, including the internal costs of the Trustee with respect to such audit, shall be paid by the requesting Donor. 7.5 The Trustee shall furnish the Steering Committee and each Donor with: (a) copies of all unaudited or audited financial reports; and (b) any other relevant financial information received from the Partner Entities.

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