We’re excited to announce the release of new features in our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT)! You’ll now have access to more details about local governments’ debt and liabilities and a direct link to helpful FIT resources. We’ve also launched our new live annual filing submission tracker and made several other enhancements for a better user experience.
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Spring is here and so is the annual report filing season. This year, we bring you a refreshed way to view filing progress across the state. Powered by SAO’s Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT), our new infographic updates daily as we approach the deadline.
… CONTINUE READING → The Office of the Washington State Auditor is excited to announce the addition of school district financial data to our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) this summer. FIT is a unique and powerful way to visualize and analyze the financial data of Washington’s local governments.
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You’ve heard the old adage that good food comes from quality ingredients. The same could be said about your government’s annual report: it’s only as good as the data that goes into it. As you prepare to file your annual report this year, remember that there are many consumers of your financial data and its accuracy is important.
… CONTINUE READING → With the new year comes new annual report filings. Our second quarterly update of the 2020 fiscal year financial data in the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) includes more governments so you can see where public money comes from and where it goes.
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In this bonus edition of our FIT Data Stories series on COVID-19’s effect on our cities and towns’ revenues, we use our Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT) to take a deep dive into how the pandemic affected Washington’s border towns and special districts.
… CONTINUE READING → Your government’s data is in FIT, and it’s available to the public. Continue reading to learn who is looking at your data and why it’s in every local government’s the best interest to check it for accuracy.
… CONTINUE READING → Our Financial Intelligence Tool’s (FIT) “Add Projection” feature allows governments to adjust their known or anticipated revenues and expenditures, and then project those amounts into the future. Continue reading to learn how to access this feature and start projecting today.
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2020 was anything but normal, and we can look at the annual reports that Washington’s cities and towns recently submitted to see how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their operations. How did the pandemic affect sales tax collections? How did federal funding support our cities and towns as they navigated the economic challenges of the pandemic?
… CONTINUE READING → With new annual report filings from nearly 200 governments across the state since June 30, we’re excited to share our first quarterly update of the 2020 fiscal year financial data in the Financial Intelligence Tool (FIT).
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