Useful information for clients of the Office may be located below:
Submission of Financial Statement Requirements
- Management Certification To Be Provided by Those Responsible for Financial Reporting At The Time of Submission Of Financial Statements.pdf
- Management Certification To Be Provided by Those Responsible for Financial Reporting At The Time of Submission Of Financial Statements.docx
- Financial Statements Submissions Checklist
- Guidance Paper for Financial Statement Submissions – 30 June 2023
COVID-19 Financial Reporting Impacts
- Impact of COVID-19 on financial statement audit reports
- Impact of COVID-19 on valuations of non-financial assets
- COVID-19 Impacts on Financial Statements
Other Client Information
- AASB 119 Employee Entitlements 2022 (Updated to 31 December 2022)
- AASB 124 Related Parties for Councils February 2017
- AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures – Your Questions Answered
- Guidance Paper – Accounting for assets valued using current replacement cost
- Guidance Paper – Government Businesses Underlying Result Calculation
- Guidance to Local Government Councils on calculating Underlying Result (revised June 2017)
- Guidelines for Tas Gov Businesses – Director & Executive Remuneration – Disclosure Template (Updated May 2019)
- Local Government Model Financial Report 30 June 2022
- Reporting by Tasmanian Public Sector Entities
- Infrastructure Financial Accounting in Local Government
Presentations, Seminars and Information Sessions
Client Information Sessions 2022
- General Government and other NFP Sector – Full Presentation Slides
- Government Businesses – Full Presentation Slides
- Local Government – Full Presentation Slides
- Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Full Presentation Slides
Client Seminar 2019
- Client Seminar Presentation 2019 – Hobart – Handouts
- Accounting Standards Update – Slides
- Pilot Project – Slides
- Audit Update – Slides
- Recently Tabled Performance Audits – Slides
- Client Seminar Presentation (TAO Presentation Slides Only) 2019 – Handout
Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees 2019
- Accounting Standards and Audit Update – Jeff Tongs and Stephen Morrison
- Pilot Project – Rod Whitehead
- 2019 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Handout
- 2019 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Program
Client Seminar 2018
- Accounting Issues – Slides
- Accounting for Property, Plant and Equipment – Slides
- New Standards (AASB 16 Leases) – Slides
- Changes for 30 June 2018 and New Standards – Slides
- Client Seminar Presentation 2018 – Handout
Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees 2018
- Managing Conflicts of Interest – Richard Bingham, Integrity Commission
- Standards Update and Audit Findings – Jeff Tongs and Stephen Morrison
- Case studies about public sector corruption – Mark Eady, Derwent Valley Council
- Contentious Accounting Issues and Tasmanian Audit Office Matters – Rod Whitehead
- 2018 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Handout
- 2018 Information Session for Senior Management and Members of Audit Committees – Program
Client Seminar 2017
- Audit Update – Slides
- 2017 Accounting Standards Update – Slides
- AASB 124 Disclosure of Related Party Transactions – Slides
- Recent Performance Audits – Slides
- Client Information Session 2017 – Handout
Information Session for Members of Audit Committees and Senior Management 2017
- Accounting and Auditing Developments – Ric De Santi
- Financial Risk – Deloitte
- Ethical leadership & culture – Dr Eva Tsahuridu
- Risk Culture and Conduct – KPMG
- Audit Committees and Senior Management session 2017 – Handout
Accounting & Auditing Developments Newsletters
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter July 2022
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2020
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter July 2020
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2019
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter July 2019
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2018
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter October 2018
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter August 2018
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter June 2018
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter August 2017
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter February 2017
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter December 2016
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter September 2016
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter June 2016
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter May 2016
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter April 2016
- Accounting & Auditing Developments newsletter Mar 2016