Coaching Buyouts: Avoid a Bad (Tax) Call
November brings the home stretch of the college football season, and with it a spike in coaching changes. As programs scour the collegiate athletics landscape looking for the best and [...]
How Taxes Could Disrupt the Gameplan of Paying Student-Athletes
A new California law will allow college athletes to get paid for use of their name, image and likeness through endorsement deals, autograph signings and other opportunities. And after decades [...]
Play Your PCards Right: Internal Controls Over Purchasing Cards
PCards are a popular purchasing tool for organizations large and small. Unless you establish tight controls over their use, however, they can lead to a big financial mess. A PCard [...]
Best Practices for Responding to Open Records Requests
Collegiate athletics programs are used to being in the public spotlight, with coaches, student-athletes and team performance featured in the media every day. Financial information is not exempt from this [...]
GASB Issues Fiduciary Activities Implementation Guide
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) recently issued a new implementation guide regarding standards on accounting and financial reporting for fiduciary activities. Implementation Guide No. 2019-2, Fiduciary Activities, is a [...]
Avoid the Snafus of Student Financial Aid Regulations
It’s no secret that the regulatory framework surrounding student financial aid can be one of the most difficult to navigate. As a result, many institutions could have unaddressed compliance issues [...]