Finding 1134520 (2024-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2025-04-29

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) was inaccurately reported, failing to comply with financial statement requirements.
  • Impacted Requirements: The organization did not maintain proper internal controls or documentation for federal expenditures, leading to errors in SEFA reporting.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Obtain all necessary federal grant documentation to ensure accurate inclusion or exclusion of expenditures in the SEFA.

Finding Text

2024-002 - 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 accurate Federal expenditures of Federal Awards. Cause: As part of key personnel change and lack of documentation to support whether it is a federal expenditure and what amount should or should not be included in SEFA schedule, the SEFA was not accurately calculated. Potential Effect: Lack of supporting documentation and missing entries can leads to inaccurate SEFA preparation. 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 Findings, Finding 2023-002. Views of Responsible Officials of the Auditee: 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

  • 558075 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 558076 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 558077 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 558078 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 558079 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 558080 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 558081 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1134517 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1134518 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1134519 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1134521 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1134522 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1134523 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
84.259 Native Hawaiian Career and Technical Education $502,061
93.932 Native Hawaiian Health Care Systems $100,042
93.866 Aging Research $27,780
84.362 Native Hawaiian Education $16,341