435.52—Financial reporting.
(a) Authorized forms.
The following forms or such other forms as may be approved by OMB are authorized for obtaining financial information from recipients:
(1) SF-269 or SF-269A, Financial Status Report.
(i)
SSA requires recipients to use the SF-269 or SF-269A to report the status of funds for all nonconstruction projects or programs. However, SSA has the option of not requiring the SF-269 or SF-269A when the SF-270, Request for Advance or Reimbursement, or SF-272, Report of Federal Cash Transactions, is determined to provide adequate information to meet its needs, except that a final SF-269 or SF-269A will be required at the completion of the project when the SF-270 is used only for advances.
(ii)
SSA may prescribe whether the report will be on a cash or accrual basis. If SSA requires accrual information and the recipient's accounting records are not normally kept on the accrual basis, the recipient will not be required to convert its accounting system, but must develop such accrual information through best estimates based on an analysis of the documentation on hand.
(iii)
SSA will determine the frequency of the Financial Status Report for each project or program, considering the size and complexity of the particular project or program. However, the report will not be required more frequently than quarterly or less frequently than annually. A final report is required at the completion of the agreement.
(iv)
SSA will require recipients to submit the SF-269 or SF-269A (an original and no more than two copies) no later than 30 days after the end of each specified reporting period for quarterly and semi-annual reports, and 90 calendar days for annual and final reports. Extensions of reporting due dates may be approved by SSA upon request of the recipient.
(2) SF-272, Report of Federal Cash Transactions.
(i)
When funds are advanced to recipients, SSA will require each recipient to submit the SF-272 and, when necessary, its continuation sheet, SF-272a. SSA will use this report to monitor cash advanced to recipients and to obtain disbursement information for each agreement with the recipients.
(iii)
When practical and deemed necessary, SSA may require recipients to report in the “Remarks” section the amount of cash advances received in excess of three days. Recipients must provide short narrative explanations of actions taken to reduce the excess balances.
(iv)
Recipients are required to submit not more than the original and two copies of the SF-272 15 calendar days following the end of each quarter. SSA may require a monthly report from those recipients receiving advances totaling $1 million or more per year.
(v)
SSA may waive the requirement for submission of the SF-272 for any one of the following reasons:
(A)
When monthly advances do not exceed $25,000 per recipient, provided that such advances are monitored through other forms contained in this section;
(B)
If, in SSA's opinion, the recipient's accounting controls are adequate to minimize excessive Federal advances; or,
(1)
When additional information is needed to comply with legislative requirements, SSA will issue instructions to require recipients to submit such information under the “Remarks” section of the reports.
(2)
When SSA determines that a recipient's accounting system does not meet the standards in § 435.21, additional pertinent information to further monitor awards may be obtained upon written notice to the recipient until such time as the system is brought up to standard. SSA, in obtaining this information, will comply with report clearance requirements of 5 CFR part 1320.
(4)
SSA may accept the identical information from the recipients in machine-readable format or computer printouts or electronic outputs in lieu of prescribed formats.
(5)
SSA may provide computer or electronic outputs to recipients when such expedites or contributes to the accuracy of reporting.