BARS Reporting Templates
The Microsoft Word and Excel templates provided on this page are designed to help local governments with different aspects of their accounting and financial reporting. The templates should be used in conjunction with the appropriate BARS Manuals, which contain additional information and instructions for the preparation of the financial reports.
Forms and Other Resources
- Annual Report Submissions Page (Note: Requires SAW login)
- BARS and Annual Report Filing FAQ
- Certification (Note: A digital signature/certification is included as part of the standard Online Filing System steps)
- Educational Service District (ESD) FY2022 Notes to the Financial Statements Template (New! November 7, 2022)
- Online Filing Flag Descriptions Guide
Schedules
Schedule 01
The BARS codes listed in the templates contain the most commonly used codes. A complete list of BARS codes are available in the Charts of Accounts: GAAP BARS Account Export or Cash BARS Account Export.
Note: We strongly recommend governments download the most up-to-date Schedule 01 template for annual report submissions to ensure coding updates are captured. As of FY2020, Cash-basis codes and Schedule 01 templates received significant updates; templates created prior to FY2020 filing contain incompatible coding and will cause upload errors.
If you need assistance with filing a prior report, please email LGCSFeedback@sao.wa.gov.
- Air Pollution (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
- Area Agency on Aging (Cash) (GAAP)
- Behavioral Health (Cash) (GAAP)
- Cemetery District (Cash)
- Conservation District (Cash)
- Diking/Drainage District (Cash)
- Economic/Industrial Development (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
- Emergency Management Services (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
- Fire Protection District (Cash) (GAAP) (Small Cash Fire Districts)
- Flood Control District (Cash)
- Health District (Cash) (GAAP)
- Hospital District (Cash) (GAAP)
- Housing Authority (Cash) (GAAP)
- Insurance Pools/Risk Management (GAAP)
- Irrigation and Reclamation District (Cash) (GAAP)
- Library District (Cash) (GAAP)
- Local/Regional Trauma Care Council (Cash)
- Mosquito/Pest/Weed District (Cash)
- Park and Recreation District (Cash) (GAAP)
- Port/Airport (Cash) (GAAP)
- Public Development Authority (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
- Public Facilities District (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
- Public Utility District (GAAP)
- Regional Planning Council (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
- Stadium Authority (GAAP)
- Transportation Authority (Cash) (GAAP)
- Transportation Benefit District (Cash) (GAAP)
- TV Reception District (Cash)
- Water Conservancy Board (Cash)
- Water/Sewer District (Cash) (GAAP)
- No Activity (Cash – Governmental) (Cash – Proprietary) (GAAP – Governmental) (GAAP – Proprietary)
Other Schedules
- 06 – Summary of Bank Reconciliation (County Cash Basis and City Cash Basis)
- 17 – Public Works (City Version) (County Version)
- 20 – Sales and Use Tax for Public Facilities (Rural Counties)
- 21 – Risk Management
Schedules Designed for Online Filing:
The following are current templates used for online filing. During the filing process users will have an opportunity to print/save a final version of the schedules in the format prescribed in the BARS Manuals.
Select prior-year templates (including pension/OPEB) can be found here.
- 09 – Liabilities
- 15 – Schedule of State Financial Assistance
- 16 (FY2020 reporting & later) – Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) now with a COVID-19 expenditures field!
- 16 Notes – Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
Non-schools: required addendum to Schedule 16 – Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). Note: Schools should use the template provided by OSPI. - 22 – Schedule 22 is a Web-based form and is available within the Online Filing application (portal); login required.
For additional information/assistance, see Schedule 22 Guidance.
Miscellaneous Templates
Pension/OPEB Templates for Fiscal Year 2022
Cash basis entities
- (Cash) Pension Worksheet
GAAP basis entitites
- (GAAP) Pension Worksheet
- GAAP Notes (Note: pension notes are now in BARS, links to BARS will be removed after 2023)
- (GAAP) Pension Note for State Sponsored Plans
- (GAAP) Pension Note for Single Employers (Qualifying Trust)
- (GAAP) Pension Note for for Single Employer (No Qualifying Trust)
- (GAAP) Defined Benefit Other Postemployment Benefit (OPEB) Plans – No Qualifying Trust
- (GAAP) Defined Benefit Other Postemployment Benefit (OPEB) Plans – Qualifying Trust
- GAAP RSI:
Pension/OPEB Templates for Fiscal Year 2018-2021
- See the Prior-Year Templates page.