Finding 1174095 (2024-003)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
N
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2026-02-18

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The Housing Authority failed to provide essential documentation for audit review, impacting the credibility of financial statements.
  • Impacted Requirements: Key records such as invoices, tenant files, and payroll registers were missing, hindering accurate reporting.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should establish a system to ensure proper maintenance of all source documents related to financial transactions.

Finding Text

2024-003 Missing Documentation Criteria: Requested information should be readily available for audit examination. Accurate record keeping and reporting are crucial to the successful management of funded activities. Condition: The Authority was unable to provide a majority of the supporting documentation. This includes but is not limited to the following significant areas: • invoices • tenant files • bank statements • payroll registers • operating budget The Authority was unable to produce the requested documents supporting Housing Authority financial statements. Questioned Cost: Cannot be determined, due to incomplete information. Effect: Housing Authority’s financial statements are not supported. Cause: Lack of prior management oversight. Recommendation: We recommend the Housing Authority’s management implement a system to maintain source documents and files that support the financial transactions.

Corrective Action Plan

Finding #3: 2024‐003 MISSING DOCUMENTATION Corrective Action: Lee’s Summit Housing Authority (LSHA) will implement a formal document management and record retention system to ensure that all source documents supporting financial transactions and program activities are properly maintained, organized, and readily accessible for audit and monitoring purposes. The agency will develop and formally adopt written policies outlining documentation requirements, retention periods, and storage methods for financial, payroll, tenant, and administrative records. LSHA will implement a centralized filing system (electronic and physical) for all supporting documentation, including invoices, bank statements, payroll registers, tenant files, and budget records. LSHA will also restrict access to authorized personnel and ensure documents are protected from loss or unauthorized alteration. LSHA has made reasonable efforts to obtain and reconstruct missing records from third parties such as banks, vendors, payroll providers, and funding agencies. LSHA is providing training to staff on recordkeeping requirements and document management procedures.

Categories

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1174093 2024-001
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1174094 2024-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.871 SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHERS $6.34M
14.872 PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND $109,773
14.850 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING $43,590