Our Services

TAP Financials provides accounting and related professional services to the government and non-profit sectors. Our team of professional have over 100 years of combined experience

Accounting

Our certified public accountants have a wide-range of accounting and auditing experience needed to support government operations. From support for specific projects to temporary services, TAP Financials can provide seasoned and knowledgeable assistance.

Training

All our training is customized to fit your needs. If you are looking for ways to improve performance or if your employees need new ways to embrace change, our professionals can provide customized training in format and content to meet your organization’s needs. Previous training provided by TAP Financial staff have included:

- GAO Green Book Internal Controls: Explores the organization’s system of internal controls, including the definition of system of internal control, management’s responsibilities and the five components of internal control.
- Control Environment: Discusses management’s responsibilities for internal control and governance.
- Risk Assessment: Provides as an overview of the risk assessment process, including reviewing the U.S Government Accountability Office, Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government (Green Book) and management’s responsibilities.
- Fraud Overview: Teaches methods of identifying high-risk environments that invite fraudulent activity and techniques to reduce these risks. Students develop skills in conducting fraud risk assessments, including identifying inappropriate behavior in high-risk situations. The class examines the factors leading a business or individual to commit fraud. Students discuss similar motives behind individual and business fraud.
- Professional Conduct and Ethics: This course uses case studies to explore means for handling ethical crises. The course covers:
  - - Ethical situations in professional and personal lives and tools to assist in decision-making
    - Recognizing potential violations of the profession’s rules and regulations
    - Alternatives for communicating decisions and delicate issues
    - Highlights from the revised AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
    - Real-life case studies
- Fund Accounting Fundamentals: Course introduces the concept of fund accounting and how fund accounting allows for analysis regarding best use of limited resources; custodianship of resources; changes in the amount and nature of the net resources of an organization; and legal compliance with laws governing the use of resources.
- Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports: Provides a review of the three components of a CAFR, the Introductory Section, the Financial Section, and the Statistical Section.
- Principles and Practices of Fiscal and Policy Analysis: Reviews the systematic investigation of an issue to allow for a logical conclusion and recommendation. The course covers the process of analyzing a proposal, activity, program or process to determine:
  - - Who or what is affected
    - What is/are the effects
    - How and when does/will it operate
    - How much does/will it cost
    - Who is raising the issue or making the proposal, and why
    - How might the problem/issue be resolved

Internal Audit

TAP Financial staff have provided internal audit services to various types of government agencies and have addressed numerous internal audit areas such as: risk assessment, regulatory compliance, transparency and communication, purchasing, inventory, governance, staffing, and information technology.

Analytics

We use advanced data analytics to identify what does and doesn’t work, giving you the information you need to manage more effectively. Our analytics will not only drive your performance, it can also influence how you make decisions. Areas that have been served include:

Fiscal Health Analysis
Financial Performance Measurement
Cost accounting
Trend Analysis and Forecasting
Multi-variate Analysis
Regression Analysis