Finding 1097406 (2023-002)

Material Weakness
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2023
Accepted
2025-01-31

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) was inaccurate due to missing federal expenditures.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with Uniform Guidance Part 200 and accurate financial reporting are essential responsibilities of the auditee.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: The organization should gather all federal grant documentation to ensure proper inclusion of expenditures in the SEFA.

Finding Text

Inaccurate Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA), United States Department of Health and Human Services, Native Hawaiian Health Care 93.932 Criteria: Auditees are responsible for accurate recording and reporting on financial statements. Auditees are also responsible for major program compliance to Uniform Guidance Part 200 requirements, as well as proper report of SEFA report. To ensure accuracy and compliance of financials and major program compliance, management is responsible to design sufficient internal control over financials recording and reporting. Condition: During our testing of Federal Expenditure for the Uniform Guidance on major program compliance, it was noted that client did not report all required Federal expenditures of Federal Awards Cause: As part of key personnel change and lack of documentation to support whether a federal expenditure should or should not be included in SEFA schedule, client was missing a few federal expenditures that should have been included in this fiscal year’s SEFA. Potential Effect: Lack of supporting documentation and missing entries leads to inaccurate SEFA for the fiscal year. Questioned Costs: None Recommendation: We recommend the Organization obtain all Federal grant documentation to support the determination to include or to exclude federal expenditures from the SEFA. Repeat Finding: Yes. See Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Finding, Finding 2022-002 Views of Responsible Officials of the Auditee: Starting early 2023, the Accounting Department has taken better control and accountability in handling accounting and major program internal control processes and month-end journal entries that have allowed more insights and understanding of financial data. The Organization concurs with the finding and recommendation. See Management Responses and Corrective Action Plans.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 520958 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 520959 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 520960 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 520961 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 520962 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 520963 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 520964 2023-002
    Material Weakness
  • 520965 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 520966 2023-002
    Material Weakness
  • 1097400 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1097401 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1097402 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1097403 2023-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1097404 2023-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1097405 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1097407 2023-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1097408 2023-002
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
93.932 Native Hawaiian Health Systems $1.61M
84.259 Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education $501,809
93.866 Aging Research $18,637
84.362 Native Hawaiian Education $6,970