The Finance Department produces the City’s Annual Financial Report (AFR), also known as an annual audit. The City of Haines City has received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the CAFR annually since 2008.
State law requires that all local governments publish each fiscal year a complete set of financial statements presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and audited in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America by a firm of licensed certified public accountants.