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Hi Catherine,

As a point of reference the IRS is significantly changing the 990
forms for non-profits, which might be part of the cause of the
increase.



On 9/6/07, Catherine Olmer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Like most non-profits, we  have an annual financial audit. This is done by a
> local CPA firm, and they charge us for the service, with a reduction for
> being a non-profit agency.
>
> We have just been informed by the firm that they are raising their rates in
> 2008, to do the audit of year 2007.  This will include a $2,000 one-time fee
> "related to new audit standards implementation" as well as a 42% increase
> ($2,900) in the financial statement audit.


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