[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 11]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1773.7]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
    CHAPTER XVII--RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1773--POLICY ON AUDITS OF RUS BORROWERS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--RUS Audit Requirements
 
Sec. 1773.7  Audit standards.

    (a) The audit must be performed in accordance with GAGAS and this 
part. The audit must be performed in accordance with GAGAS in effect at 
the audit date unless the borrower is directed otherwise, in writing, by 
RUS.
    (b) The audit must include such tests of the accounting records and 
such other auditing procedures that are sufficient to enable the CPA to 
express an opinion on the financial statements and to issue the required 
report on compliance and on internal control over financial reporting 
and the management letter.
    (c) Audit scope limitation. (1) The borrower will not limit the 
scope of the audit to the extent that the CPA is unable to meet RUS's 
audit requirements or to provide an unqualified opinion that the 
financial statements are presented fairly in conformity with GAAP.
    (2) The security instrument provision requiring the submission of a 
report of the audit is not satisfied if the CPA must qualify the opinion 
in the auditor's report due to limitations placed on the scope of the 
audit by the borrower.
    (3) If the CPA determines during the audit that an unqualified 
opinion cannot be issued due to a scope limitation imposed by the 
borrower, the CPA should use professional judgment to determine what 
levels of the borrower's management should be informed.
    (4) After informing the borrower's management, if the scope 
limitation is not adequately resolved, the CPA should immediately 
contact the AA-PARA, RUS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC 
20250-1523. The AA-PARA will endeavor to resolve the matter with the 
borrower.

[56 FR 63360, Dec. 3, 1991, as amended at 66 FR 27836, May 21, 2001]

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