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U.S. Chemical Safety Board
Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety
and Hazard Investigation Board's
Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017
Financial Statements
Report No. 19-F-0004
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Office of Inspector General
At a Glance
19-F-0004
November 14, 2018
Why We Did This Review
We performed this audit
in accordance with the
Accountability of Tax Dollars
Act of 2002, which requires the
U.S. Chemical Safety and
Hazard Investigation Board
(CSB) to prepare, and the
Office of Inspector General
(OIG) to audit, the board's
financial statements each year.
The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's OIG,
which also serves as
Inspector General for the CSB,
contracted with Allmond &
Company, LLC, to perform the
audit of the CSB's fiscal years
2018 and 2017 financial
statements.
This report addresses the
following CSB goal:
• Create and maintain an
engaged, high-performing
workforce.
Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board's Fiscal Years 2018 and 2017
Financial Statements
What Allmond & Company Found
Allmond & Company rendered an unmodified opinion on
the CSB's financial statements for fiscal years 2018 and
2017, meaning that the statements were fairly presented
and free of material misstatements.
The CSB received
an unmodified
opinion on its
fiscal years 2018
and 2017 financial
statements.
In planning and performing its audit, Allmond & Company
considered the CSB's internal control over financial
reporting. Allmond & Company noted no matters involving the internal control and
the CSB operation that it considered to be a material weakness or a significant
deficiency.
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the CSB's financial
statements are free of material misstatement, Allmond & Company performed
tests of the CSB's compliance with certain provisions of applicable laws,
regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, which noncompliance with could
have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement
amounts. Allmond & Company's fiscal years 2018 and 2017 audit disclosed no
instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported.
Allmond & Company is responsible for the enclosed auditor's report and the
conclusions expressed in the report. We do not express any opinion or
conclusions on the CSB's financial statements, internal control, or compliance
with laws and regulations.
Allmond & Company made no recommendations to the CSB.
Send all inquiries to our public
affairs office at (202) 566-2391
or visit www.epa.gov/oiq.
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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20460
OFFICE OF
INSPECTOR GENERAL
November 14, 2018
Dr. Kristen Kulinowski, Ph.D.
Interim Executive Authority and Member
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
1750 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 910
Washington, D.C. 20006
RE: Report No. 19-F-0004, Audit of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's Fiscal
Years 2018 and 2017 Financial Statements
Dear Dr. Kulinowski:
This letter transmits the audit report on the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board's
(CSB's) fiscal years 2018 and 2017 financial statements. The audit is required by Public Law 107-289,
the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002.
The independent public accounting firm of Allmond & Company, LLC, performed the audit of the CSB
financial statements as of and for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017. The audit was
required to be done in accordance with Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller
General of the United States; and Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 19-01, Audit
Requirements for Federal Financial Statements.
Allmond & Company is responsible for the enclosed auditor's report dated November 12, 2018, and the
opinions and conclusions expressed in the report. We do not express any opinion or conclusions on the
CSB's financial statements, internal control, or compliance with laws and regulations.
Because this report contains no recommendations, you are not required to respond to this report.
However, if you submit a response, it will be posted on the OIG's public website, along with our
memorandum commenting on your response. Your response will be posted on the Office of Inspector
General's public website, along with our letter commenting on your response. Your response should be
provided as an Adobe PDF file that complies with the accessibility requirements of Section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. The final response should not contain data that you do not want
to be released to the public; if your response contains such data, you should identify the data for
redaction or removal along with corresponding justification.
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We will post this report to our website at www.epa.gov/oig.
Sincerely,
Paul C. Curtis
Director, Financial Audits
Enclosure

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CSB - 2018 Financial Statement Audit
Contract: GS23F0111L/EPG16H00321
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB)
Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Statement Audit
Final Independent Auditors' Report
Submitted for review and acceptance to:
Safiya Chambers
Contracting Officer's Representative (COR)
Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Inspector General
William Jefferson Clinton West Building
Washington, DC 20004
Submitted by:
Jason L. Allmond CPA, CGFM, CISA, CISM
Member
Allmond & Company, LLC
8181 Professional Place, Suite 250
Landover, MD 20785
301-918-8200
j allmond@allmondcpa. com
Final Independent Auditors' Report
Prepared under contract to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspectors General (OIG) to
provide financial auditing services

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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
AUDIT REPORT
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

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Independent Auditors' Report
Interim Executive Authority and Member, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Acting Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency:
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSB), which comprise the balance sheets as of September 30, 2018 and 2017; the
related statements of net cost, changes in net position, and budgetary resources for the fiscal years then
ended; and the related notes to the financial statements (hereinafter referred to as the financial
statements).
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this
responsibility includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the
preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether
due to fraud or error.
Auditor's Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the fiscal years 2018 and 2017 financial statements of CSB
based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in
the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and OMB Bulletin No. 19-01,
Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements. Those standards and OMB Bulletin No. 19-01
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors'judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error.
In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation
and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in
the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's
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Independent Auditors' Report
An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of the accounting policies used and the
reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as the overall
presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our audit opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board as of September 30, 2018 and
2017, and its net costs, changes in net position, and budgetary resources for the fiscal years then ended in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
The information in the Message from the Chairperson and Management and Discussion Analysis section
of this report is not a required part of the basic financial statements, but is supplementary information
required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. We have applied certain limited procedures,
which consisted principally of inquiries of management regarding the methods of preparing the
information and comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our
inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of CSB's
financial statements. However, we did not audit this information and, accordingly, we express no opinion
on it.
Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of CSB's financial statements as of and for the year ended
September 30, 2018, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, we
considered CSB's internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of CSB's internal control over
financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on CSB's internal controls over financial
reporting. We limited internal control testing to those necessary to achieve the objectives described in
OMB Bulletin No. 19-01. We did not test all internal control relevant to operating objectives as broadly
defined by the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of 1982.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or
detect and correct misstatement on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of
deficiencies, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity's
financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A significant
deficiency is a deficiency or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a
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Independent Auditors' Report
Our consideration of internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose as described in
the first paragraph of this section, and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over
financial reporting that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies and therefore material
weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist that were not identified. Given these limitations, during
our fiscal year 2018 audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting
that we considered to be a material weakness, as defined above. However, material weaknesses may exist
that have not been identified.
However, we noted additional matters that we will report to CSB management in a separate letter.
Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether CSB's fiscal year 2018 financial statements are
free of material misstatements, we performed tests of CSB's compliance with certain provisions of
applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, which noncompliance could have a direct
and material effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in CSB's financial
statements, and certain provisions of other laws specified in OMB Bulletin No. 19-01. However,
providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and
accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
The results of our tests of compliance as described in the preceding paragraph, disclosed no instances of
noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported herein under Government Auditing
Standards or OMB Bulletin No. 19-01.
Purpose of the Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
The purpose of the communication described in the Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing
Standards section is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance with
selected provision of applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, and the results of that
testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of CSB's internal control or on compliance.
This communication is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
government auditing standards in considering internal controls and compliance with laws, regulations,
contracts, and grant agreements which could have a material effect on CSB's financial statements.
Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
Landover, MD
November 12, 2018

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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BALANCE SHEET		1
STATEMENT OF NET COST		2
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET POSITION		3
STATEMENT OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES		4
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		5-14

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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
BALANCE SHEET
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30,2018 AND 2017
(In Dollars)

2018
2017
Assets:


Intragovernmental


Fund Balance With Treasury (Note 2)
$ 4,308,944 J
! 4,021,980
Total Intragovernmental
4,308,944
4,021,980
Accounts Receivable, Net (Note 3)
-
4,098
Property, Equipment, and Software, Net (Note 4)
422,658
423,370
Total Assets
$ 4,731,602 J
; 4,449,448
Liabilities:


Intragovernmental


Accounts Payable
$ 8,505 J
! 36,045
Other (Note 6)
57,749
56,699
Total Intragovernmental
66,254
92,744
Accounts Payable
374,584
426,122
Federal Employee and Veterans' Benefits (Note 5)
-
4,146
Other (Note 6)
574,589
750,032
Total Liabilities
$ 1,015,427 J
! 1,273,044
Net Position:


Unexpended Appropriations
$ 3,697,572 J
! 3,250,368
Cumulative Results of Operations
18,603
(73,964)
Total Net Position
$ 3,716,175 J
! 3,176,404
Total Liabilities and Net Position
$ 4,731,602 J
; 4,449,448
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
STATEMENT OF NET COST
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017
(In Dollars)

2018
2017 1
Program Costs:


Gross Costs
$ 10,723,975 3
i 11,232,345
Net Cost of Operations
$ 10,723,975 3
i 11,232,345
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET POSITION
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017
(In Dollars)

2018
2017
Unexpended Appropriations:


Beginning Balances
$ 3,250,368 J
i 3,281,832
Budgetary Financing Sources:


Appropriations Received
11,000,000
11,000,000
Other Adjustments
(158,915)
(227,600)
Appropriations Used
(10,393,881)
(10,803,864)
Total Budgetary Financing Sources
447,204
(31,464)
Total Unexpended Appropriations
$ 3,697,572 J
J 3,250,368
Cumulative Results of Operations:


Beginning Balances
$ (73,964) J
i 122,597
Budgetary Financing Sources:


Appropriations Used
10,393,881
10,803,864
Other Financing Sources (Non-Exchange):


Imputed Financing Sources
422,661
231,920
Total Financing Sources
10,816,542
11,035,784
Net Cost of Operations
(10,723,975)
(11,232,345)
Net Change
92,567
(196,561)
Cumulative Results of Operations
$ 18,603 J
J (73,964)
Net Position
$ 3,716,175 J
J 3,176,404
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY & HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
STATEMENT OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES
FOR THE YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017
(In Dollars)

2018
2017 1
Budgetary Resources:
Unobligated balance from prior year budget authority, net
Appropriations
$ 1,738,844 3
11,000,000
! 1,706,942
11,000,000
Total Budgetary Resources
$ 12,738,844 3
; 12,706,942
Status of Budgetary Resources:
New obligations and upward adjustments (total) (Note 9)
Unobligated balance, end of year:
Apportioned, unexpired account
$ 10,940,896 3
920,907
; 10,976,069
876,985
Unexpired unobligated balance, end of year
Expired unobligated balance, end of year (Note 2)
920,907
877,041
876,985
853,888
Unobligated balance, end of year (total)
1,797,948
1,730,873
Total Budgetary Resources
$ 12,738,844 3
! 12,706,942
Outlays, net:
Outlays, net, (total)
Distributed Offsetting Receipts
$ 10,554,121 3
! 10,682,751
480
Agency outlays, net
$ 10,554,121 3
! 10,683,231
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT
ACCOUNTING POLICIES
A.	Reporting Entity
The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard
Investigation Board (CSB) is an independent
Federal agency with the mission of ensuring
the safety of workers and the public by
promoting chemical safety and accident
prevention. The CSB was established by the
Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and is
responsible for advising the President and
Congress on key issues related to chemical
safety and evaluating the effectiveness of other
Government agencies on safety requirements.
The CSB receives all of its funding through
appropriations. The CSB reporting entity is
comprised of General Funds and General
Miscellaneous Receipts.
General Funds are accounts used to record
financial transactions arising under
congressional appropriations or other
authorizations to spend general revenues. The
CSB manages Operations and Facilities,
Engineering and Development General Fund
accounts.
General Miscellaneous Receipts are accounts
established for receipts of non-recurring
activity, such as fines, penalties, fees and other
miscellaneous receipts for services and
benefits.
The CSB has rights and ownership of all assets
reported in these financial statements. The
CSB does not possess any non-entity assets.
B.	Basis of Presentation
The financial statements have been prepared to
report the financial position and results of
operations of the CSB. The Balance Sheet
presents the financial position of the agency.
The Statement of Net Cost presents the
agency's operating results; the Statement of
Changes in Net Position displays the changes
in the agency's equity accounts. The Statement
of Budgetary Resources presents the sources,
status, and uses of the agency's resources and
follows the rules for the Budget of the United
States Government.
The statements are a requirement of the Chief
Financial Officers Act of 1990 and the
Government Management Reform Act of
1994. They have been prepared from, and are
fully supported by, the books and records of
the CSB in accordance with the hierarchy of
accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America, standards issued by
the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory
Board (FASAB), Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) Circular A-136, Financial
Reporting Requirements, as amended, and the
CSB accounting policies which are
summarized in this note. These statements,
with the exception of the Statement of
Budgetary Resources, are different from
financial management reports, which are also
prepared pursuant to OMB directives that are
used to monitor and control the CSB's use of
budgetary resources. The financial statements
and associated notes are presented on a
comparative basis. Unless specified otherwise,
all amounts are presented in dollars.
C. Basis of Accounting
Transactions are recorded on both an accrual
accounting basis and a budgetary basis. Under
the accrual method, revenues are recognized
when earned, and expenses are recognized
when a liability is incurred, without regard to
receipt or payment of cash. Budgetary
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accounting facilitates compliance with legal
requirements on the use of federal funds.
D.	Fund Balance with Treasury
Fund Balance with Treasury is the aggregate
amount of the CSB's funds with Treasury in
expenditure, receipt, and deposit fund
accounts. Appropriated funds recorded in
expenditure accounts are available to pay
current liabilities and finance authorized
purchases.
The CSB does not maintain bank accounts of
its own, has no disbursing authority, and does
not maintain cash held outside of Treasury.
Treasury disburses funds for the agency on
demand. Foreign currency payments are made
either by Treasury or the Department of State
and are reported by the CSB in the U.S. dollar
equivalents.
E.	Accounts Receivable
Accounts receivable consists of amounts owed
to the CSB by other Federal agencies and the
general public. Amounts due from Federal
agencies are considered fully collectible.
Accounts receivable from the public include
reimbursements from employees. An
allowance for uncollectible accounts
receivable from the public is established when,
based upon a review of outstanding accounts
and the failure of all collection efforts,
management determines that collection is
unlikely to occur considering the debtor's
ability to pay.
F.	Property, Equipment, and Software
Property, equipment and software represent
furniture, fixtures, equipment, and information
technology hardware and software which are
recorded at original acquisition cost and are
depreciated or amortized using the straight-line
method over their estimated useful lives.
Major alterations and renovations are
capitalized, while maintenance and repair costs
are expensed as incurred. The CSB's
capitalization threshold is $10,000 for
individual purchases and $50,000 for bulk
purchases. Property, equipment, and software
acquisitions that do not meet the capitalization
criteria are expensed upon receipt. Applicable
standard governmental guidelines regulate the
disposal and convertibility of agency property,
equipment, and software. The useful life
classifications for capitalized assets are as
follows:
Description	Useful Life (years')
Leasehold Improvements Lease Term
Office Furniture	7
Office Equipment	5
Computer Equipment	3
Software	3
G. Liabilities
Liabilities represent the amount of funds likely
to be paid by the CSB as a result of
transactions or events that have already
occurred.
The CSB reports its liabilities under two
categories, Intragovernmental and With the
Public. Intragovernmental liabilities represent
funds owed to another government agency.
Liabilities with the Public represent funds
owed to any entity or person that is not a
federal agency, including private sector firms
and federal employees. Each of these
categories may include liabilities that are
covered by budgetary resources and liabilities
not covered by budgetary resources.
Liabilities covered by budgetary resources are
liabilities funded by a current appropriation or
other funding source. These consist of
accounts payable and accrued payroll and
benefits. Accounts payable represent amounts
owed to another entity for goods ordered and
received and for services rendered except for
employees. Accrued payroll and benefits
represent payroll costs earned by employees
during the fiscal year which are not paid until
the next fiscal year.
Liabilities not covered by budgetary resources
are liabilities that are not funded by any
current appropriation or other funding source.
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These liabilities consist of accrued annual
leave, unfunded FECA, actuarial FECA and
the amounts due to Treasury for collection and
accounts receivable of civil penalties and
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request
fees.
H.	Annual, Sick, and Other Leave
Annual leave is accrued as it is earned, and the
accrual is reduced as leave is taken. The
balance in the accrued leave account is
adjusted to reflect current pay rates. Liabilities
associated with other types of vested leave,
including compensatory, restored leave, and
sick leave in certain circumstances, are accrued
at year-end, based on latest pay rates and
unused hours of leave. Funding will be
obtained from future financing sources to the
extent that current or prior year appropriations
are not available to fund annual and other
types of vested leave earned but not taken.
Nonvested leave is expensed when used. Any
liability for sick leave that is accrued but not
taken by a Civil Service Retirement System
(CSRS)-covered employee is transferred to the
Office of Personnel Management (OPM) upon
the retirement of that individual. Credit is
given for sick leave balances in the
computation of annuities upon the retirement
of Federal Employees Retirement System
(FERS)-covered employees.
I.	Accrued and Actuarial Workers'
Compensation
The Federal Employees' Compensation Act
(FECA) administered by the U.S. Department
of Labor (DOL) addresses all claims brought
by the CSB employees for on-the-job injuries.
The DOL bills each agency annually as its
claims are paid, but payment of these bills is
deferred for two years to allow for funding
through the budget process. Similarly,
employees that the CSB terminates without
cause may receive unemployment
compensation benefits under the
unemployment insurance program also
administered by the DOL, which bills each
agency quarterly for paid claims. Future
appropriations will be used for the
reimbursement to DOL. The liability consists
of the unreimbursed cost paid by DOL for
compensation to recipients under the FECA.
J. Retirement Plans
The CSB employees participate in either the
CSRS or the FERS. The employees who
participate in CSRS are beneficiaries of the
CSB matching contribution, equal to seven
percent of pay, distributed to their annuity
account in the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund.
Prior to December 31, 1983, all employees
were covered under the CSRS program. From
January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1986,
employees had the option of remaining under
CSRS or joining FERS and Social Security.
Employees hired as of January 1, 1987 are
automatically covered by the FERS program.
Both CSRS and FERS employees may
participate in the federal Thrift Savings Plan
(TSP). FERS employees receive an automatic
agency contribution equal to one percent of
pay and the CSB matches any employee
contribution up to an additional four percent of
pay. For FERS participants, the CSB also
contributes the employer's matching share of
Social Security.
FERS employees and certain CSRS
reinstatement employees are eligible to
participate in the Social Security program after
retirement. In these instances, the CSB remits
the employer's share of the required
contribution.
The CSB recognizes the imputed cost of
pension and other retirement benefits during
the employees' active years of service. OPM
actuaries determine pension cost factors by
calculating the value of pension benefits
expected to be paid in the future and
communicate these factors to the CSB for
current period expense reporting. OPM also
provides information regarding the full cost of
health and life insurance benefits. The CSB
recognized the offsetting revenue as imputed
financing sources to the extent these expenses
will be paid by OPM.
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The CSB does not report on its financial
statements information pertaining to the
retirement plans covering its employees.
Reporting amounts such as plan assets,
accumulated plan benefits, and related
unfunded liabilities, if any, is the responsibility
of the OPM, as the administrator.
K. Other Post-Employment Benefits
The CSB employees eligible to participate in
the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan
(FEHBP) and the Federal Employees' Group
Life Insurance Program (FEGLIP) may
continue to participate in these programs after
their retirement. The OPM has provided the
CSB with certain cost factors that estimate the
true cost of providing the post-retirement
benefit to current employees. The CSB
recognizes a current cost for these and Other
Retirement Benefits (ORB) at the time the
employee's services are rendered. The ORB
expense is financed by OPM, and offset by the
CSB through the recognition of an imputed
financing source.
L. Use of Estimates
The preparation of the accompanying financial
statements in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles requires
management to make certain estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses.
Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
M. Imputed Costs/Financing Sources
Federal Government entities often receive
goods and services from other Federal
Government entities without reimbursing the
providing entity for all the related costs. In
addition, Federal Government entities also
incur costs that are paid in total or in part by
other entities. An imputed financing source is
recognized by the receiving entity for costs
that are paid by other entities. The CSB
recognized imputed costs and financing
sources in fiscal years 2018 and 2017 to the
extent directed by accounting standards.
N. Reclassification
Certain fiscal year 2017 balances have been
reclassified, retitled, or combined with other
financial statement line items for consistency
with the current year presentation. Activity
and balances reported in the FY 2017
Statement of Budgetary Resources have been
reclassified to conform to the updated
guidance provided in OMB Circular A-136
issued July 30, 2018.
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NOTE 2. FUND BALANCE WITH TREASURY
Fund balance with Treasury account balances as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, were as
follows:
2018	2017
Status of Fund Balance with Treasury:
Unobligated Balance
Available $	920,907	$ 876,985
Unavailable	877,041	853,888
Obligated Balance Not Yet Disbursed	2,510,996	2,291,107
Total	$	4,308,944	$ 4,021,980
No discrepancies exist between the Fund Balance reflected on the Balance Sheet and the balances
in the Treasury accounts.
The available unobligated fund balances represent the current-period amount available for
obligation or commitment. At the start of the next fiscal year, this amount will become part of the
unavailable balance as described in the following paragraph.
The unavailable unobligated fund balances represent the amount of appropriations for which the
period of availability for obligation has expired. These balances are available for upward
adjustments of obligations incurred only during the period for which the appropriation was
available for obligation or for paying claims attributable to the appropriations.
The obligated balance not yet disbursed includes accounts payable, accrued expenses, and
undelivered orders that have reduced unexpended appropriations but have not yet decreased the
fund balance on hand (see also Note 11).
NOTE 3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Accounts receivable balances as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, were as follows:

2018

2017 1
With the Public



Accounts Receivable
$
$
4,098
Total Accounts Receivable
$
$
4,098
The accounts receivable is primarily made up of reimbursements due from employees.
Historical experience has indicated that the majority of the receivables are collectible. There are
no material uncollectible accounts as of September 30, 2018 and 2017.
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NOTE 4. PROPERTY, EQUIPMENT, AND SOFTWARE
Schedule of Property, Equipment, and Software as of September 30, 2018


Accumulated



Acquisition
Amortization/

Net Book
Major Class
Cost
Depreciation

Value
Leasehold Improvements
$ 271,851
$
208,419
$
63,432
Furniture & Equipment
1,224,349

922,720

301,629
Software
243,165

185,568

57,597
Total
$ 1,739,365
$
1,316,707
$
422,658
Schedule of Property, Equipment, and Software as
of September 30, 2017




Accumulated



Acquisition
Amortization/

Net Book
Major Class
Cost
Depreciation

Value
Leasehold Improvements
$ 983,356
$
865,554
$
117,802
Furniture & Equipment
1,083,819

896,657

187,162
Software
313,694

195,288

118,406
Total
$ 2,380,869
$
1,957,499
$
423,370
NOTE 5. LIABILITIES NOT COVERED BY BUDGETARY RESOURCES
The liabilities for the CSB as of September 30, 2018 and 2017, include liabilities not covered by
budgetary resources. Congressional action is needed before budgetary resources can be provided.
Although future appropriations to fund these liabilities are likely and anticipated, it is not certain
that appropriations will be enacted to fund these liabilities.


2018

2017 1
Intragovernmental - FECA
$
1,020
$
1,020
Intragovernmental - Unemployment Insurance

10,527

-
Unfunded Leave

392,509

496,266
Actuarial FECA

-

4,146
Total Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources
~$~
404,056
$
501,432
Total Liabilities Covered by Budgetary Resources

611,371

771,612
Total Liabilities
T"
1,015,427
$
1,273,044
FECA liabilities represent the unfunded liability for actual workers compensation claims paid on
the CSB's behalf and payable to the DOL. The CSB also records an actuarial liability for future
workers compensation claims based on the liability to benefits paid (LBP) ratio provided by DOL
and multiplied by the average of benefits paid over three years.
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Unfunded leave represents a liability for earned leave and is reduced when leave is taken. The
balance in the accrued annual leave account is reviewed quarterly and adjusted as needed to
accurately reflect the liability at current pay rates and leave balances. Accrued annual leave is
paid from future funding sources and, accordingly, is reflected as a liability not covered by
budgetary resources. Sick and other leave is expensed as taken.
NOTE 6. OTHER LIABILITIES
Other liabilities account balances as of September 30, 2018 were as follows:

Current Non Current
Total
Intragovernmental
FECA Liability
Unemployment Insurance Liability
Payroll Taxes Payable
$ 1,020 $
10,527
46,202
$ 1,020
10,527
46,202
Total Intragpvernmental Other Liabilities
$ 57,749 $
$ 57,749|
With the Public
Payroll Taxes Payable
Accrued Funded Payroll and Leave
Unfunded Leave
$ 12,396 $
169,684
392,509
$ 12,396
169,684
392,509
T otal Public Other Liabilities
$ 574,589 $
$ 574,589|
Other liabilities account balances as of September 30, 2017 were as follows:

Current Non Current
Total
Intragovernmental
FECA Liability
Payroll Taxes Payable
$ 1,020 $
55,679
$ 1,020
55,679
Total Intragpvernmental Other Liabilities
$ 56,699 $
$ 56,699|
With the Public
Payroll Taxes Payable
Accrued Funded Payroll and Leave
Unfunded Leave
$ 23,075 $
230,691
496,266
$ 23,075
230,691
496,266
T otal Public Other Liabilities
$ 750,032 $
$ 750,032|
NOTE 7. LEASES
Operating Leases
The CSB occupies offices in Washington, DC and Denver, CO under lease agreements, which are
both accounted for as operating leases.
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The Washington DC lease agreement has a ten-year term commencing on October 1, 2015 and
ending on September 30, 2025. The total operating lease expense for the years ended September
30, 2018 and 2017 were $711,478 and $656,868, respectively. In Fiscal Year 2018, there was an
additional Real Estate Tax payment made in the amount of $17,500 related to the 2017
assessment. According to Section 1.03 of this agreement, beginning in the 4th year of the lease
and continuing through the 10th year of the lease, the first two (2) months of rent in each year
(totaling 14 months of free rent) shall be entirely abated. Below is a schedule of future payments
for the term of the lease.
Washington, DC
Fiscal Year
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Thereafter
Office Space
610,862
626,837
644,000
662,446
682,279
1,430,176
Total Future Payments
4,656,600
The lease agreement for office space in Denver, CO is accounted for as an operating lease. The
lease agreement is for a period of 60 months commencing on or about December 1, 2014. The
total operating lease expense for the years ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $95,912 and
$95,433, respectively.
Lease payments are increased annually based on the adjustments for operating cost. The CSB
may relinquish space upon four (4) months" notice. Thus, at any future time, the CSB's financial
obligation can be reduced to four (4) months of rent, plus the unamortized balance of any tenant
improvements financed through Public Buildings Service (PBS) plus any rent concessions not yet
earned. Below is a schedule of future payments for the Denver lease.
Denver, CO
(Fiscal Year
Office Space
2019
$ 98,742
2020 (2 months)
16,511
Total Future Payments
$ 115,253
NOTE 8. BUDGETARY RESOURCE COMPARISONS TO THE BUDGET OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
The President's Budget that will include fiscal year 2018 actual budgetary execution information
has not yet been published. The President's Budget is scheduled for publication in February 2019
and can be found at the OMB Web site: htti>: www.wliiteliottse.gov omh . The 2019 Budget of
the United States Government, with the "Actual" column completed for 2017, has been
reconciled to the Statement of Budgetary Resources and there were no material differences.
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For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2017


New Obligations
Distributed


Budgetary
and Upward
Offsetting
Net
FY2017
Resources
Adjustments
Receipts
Outlays
Statement of Budgetary Resources
$13,000,000
$ 11,000,000
$
$11,000,000
Expired Unobligated Balance Not




Available
($1,000,000)



Budget of the U.S. Government
$12,000,000
$11,000,000
$
$11,000,000
NOTE 9. APPORTIONMENT CATEGORIES OF NEW OBLIGATIONS AND UPWARD
ADJUSTMENTS
Obligations incurred and reported in the Statement of Budgetary Resources in 2018 and 2017
consisted of the following:

2018
2017 1
Direct Obligations, Category B $
10,940,896
$ 10,976,069
Total New Obligations and Upware Adjustments $
10,940,896
$ 10,976,0691
Category B apportionments typically distribute budgetary resources by activities, projects, objects
or a combination of these categories.
NOTE 10. UNDELIVERED ORDERS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
As of September 30, 2018, budgetary resources obligated for undelivered orders were as follows:


Federal
Non Federal

Total
Unpaid Undelivered Orders
$
19,008
$ 1,880,615
	$_
1,899,623
Total Undelivered Orders
$
19,008
$ 1,880,615
$
1,899,623
As of September 30, 2017, budgetary
resources obligated for undelivered orders were as follows:


Federal
Non Federal

Total
Unpaid Undelivered Orders
$
33,527
$ 1,485,967
	$_
1,519,494
Total Other Liabilities
$
33,527
$ 1,485,967
	$_
1,519,494
NOTE 11. CUSTODIAL ACTIVITY
The CSB's custodial collection primarily consists of Freedom of Information Act requests. For
2017, they collected $3,188 in Freedom of Information Act request fees. While these collections
are considered custodial, they are neither primary to the mission of the CSB nor material to the
overall financial statements. The CSB's total custodial collections are $0 and $3,188 for the years
ended September 30, 2018, and 2017, respectively.
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NOTE 12. RECONCILIATION OF NET COST OF OPERATIONS TO BUDGET
The CSB has reconciled its budgetary obligations and non-budgetary resources available to its net
cost of operations.

2018
2017 1
Resources Used to Finance Activities:


Budgetary Resources Obligated


New Obligations and Upward Adjustments $
10,940,896
$ 10,976,069
Spending Authority From Offsetting Collections and Recoveries
(166,887)
(243,443)
Net Obligations
10,774,009
10,732,626
Other Resources


Imputed Financing From Costs Absorbed By Others
422,661
231,920
Total Resources Used to Finance Activities
11,196,670
10,964,546
Resources Used to Finance Items Not Part of the Net Cost of


Operations
(687,465)
4,409
Total Resources Used to Finance the Net Cost of Operations
10,509,205
10,968,955
Components of the Net Cost of Operations That Will Not Require or


Generate Resources in the Current Period:
214,770
263,390
Net Cost of Operations $
10,723,975
$ 11,232,345 |
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