Finding 1161682 (2025-001)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
AB
Questioned Costs
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Year
2025
Accepted
2025-10-31
Audit: 371616
Organization: Ladder Up (IL)

AI Summary

  • Issue: Accounts payable were incorrectly recorded in previous years, leading to a necessary restatement of the net position.
  • Requirements Impacted: Internal controls must ensure accurate recording and reporting of accounts payable for reliable financial statements.
  • Follow-Up: The Airport should implement stronger internal controls to ensure timely and accurate recording of accounts payable before future audits.

Finding Text

Condition: During audit fieldwork, our testing resulted in a restatement of net position in order to correct accounts payable that were improperly recorded in prior years. Criteria: A good system of internal controls would provide for accurate recording and reporting of accounts payable on a regular basis in order to provide for accurate financial reporting. Cause: Year-end entries related to accounts payable were required in order to accurately present the Airport’s financial statements. Effect: A material adjustment to the Airport’s beginning fund balance was required to properly state accounts payable. Recommendation: We recommend the Airport implement effective internal controls in order to providean accurate assessment of reporting requirements. This implementation of improved controls would result in the appropriate recognition for financial reporting requirements. Corrective Action Plan: The Airport and Director of Finance will implement internal controls to properly record accounts payable on a timely basis prior to audit fieldwork.

Corrective Action Plan

Condition: During audit fieldwork, our testing resulted in a restatement of net position in order to correct accounts payable that were improperly recorded in prior years. Plan: The Airport and Director of Finance will implement effective internal controls in order to properly record accounts payable on a timely basis prior to audit fieldwork. Anticipated Date of Completion: Fiscal Year 2026 Name of Contact Person: Jason Griffith, Director of Finance Management Response: The Airport and Director of Finance will work with finance staff to ensure that accounts payables are recorded in the correct fiscal years. The Airport has switched accounting software. The new software also for the Director of Finance to review accounts payables and correct when accounts payables are recorded.

Categories

Cash Management Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
20.106 AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT PROGRAMS, AND COVID-19 AIRPORTS PROGRAMS $6,977