Audits
NEW RESOURCE: The audit and financial guidance team is available to assist your congregation with completing the annual parochial report or the short or long audit forms Please complete the form below if you want an audit and financial guidance team member assigned to your congregation.
Request parochial report or audit support
NOTE: If you are required to use a CPA firm to perform your audit contact them now to get on their schedules. Audits are due annually on September 1. Submit an electronic copy to [email protected], and you will receive a date-stamped email receipt acknowledgment. You don't need to send a paper copy.
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Per Canon 17, all parishes, missions and institutions of the Diocese are required to submit all accounts for auditing annually by September 1 to audits@episdionc.
Congregations reporting $50,000 or less in Line D parochial report income may perform an internal audit by committee by downloading and completing the short committee audit form | formulario breve de auditoría del comité. (Download and save this form to your computer before filling it out.) Note the Diocese will accept only audits by committee completed using the committee audit form and following the guidelines contained therein.
Congregations reporting between $50,000 and $500,000 in Line D parochial report income may perform a review following the long committee audit form (Word | PDF | En español). (Download and save this form to your computer before filling it out.) Note the Diocese will accept only audits by committee completed using the committee audit form and following the guidelines contained therein.
Congregations reporting between $500,000 and $1,000,000 in Line D parochial report income may have a review by a certified or independent public accountant. Such congregations are required to have a regular audit in any year during which there is a change in accounting personnel or rectors.
Congregations reporting more than $1,000,000 in Line D parochial report income are required to have an annual audit by a certified or independent public accountant.
Please email your completed audit to [email protected] by September 1. All submissions will receive an automatic response that your submission has been received. All audits should be submitted electronically, and there is no need to mail a paper copy.
If you have any questions regarding the audit please first contact your canon or missioner. If you are unable to reach them, then please contact Maria Gillespie, chief financial officer, at maria.gillespie@episdionc.
Chief Financial Officer
