Guideline on Recipient Audits Under the Policy on Transfer Payments and the Directive on Transfer Payments

The purpose of this guideline is to assist departmental managers in meeting their responsibilities under the Policy on Transfer Payments and the Directive on Transfer Payments as they relate to recipient audits (see Appendix A for key excerpts from both the policy and directive). This guideline provides an overview of the recipient audit process and is a non-mandatory tool to assist departmental managers. Departmental managers are encouraged to share this guideline with their auditor to assist in planning and decision making related to a recipient audit.

Date modified: 2010-07-08