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25-04(Reference per Financial Statements) Material Audit Adjustments Affecting the SEFA Environmental Protection Agency Program Name: Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Assistance Listings #: 66.468 Federal Award Date: March 13, 2024 Pass-Through Grant #: CF3-23-3210002-04 Period of Performance: 3/13/2024 – 6/01/2026 Compliance Requirement: Reporting Questioned Costs: $0 Criteria: According to 2 CFR 200.510 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the auditee must prepare a schedule of expenditures of Federal awards for the period covered by the auditee's financial statements. The schedule must include the total Federal awards expended as determined in accordance with 2 CFR 200.502 where it states, “The determination of when a Federal award is expended must be based on when the activity related to the Federal award occurs. Generally, the activity related to the Federal award pertains to events that require the non-Federal entity to comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of Federal awards, such as expenditure/expense transactions associated with grants.” Condition: As mentioned in finding 25-01 above, several audit adjustments were proposed and posted to the Town’s trial balance to correct material misstatements. The material adjustments were related to required expenditure/expense accruals for construction projects and related grant revenues/receivables. This directly impacted the amounts reported in the SEFA for ALN 66.468. Effect of Condition: Without the proposed audit adjustments, the Town’s financial statements would have been materially misstated, including the SEFA. Cause: There was a failure to accrue, as accounts payable, several construction invoices at year-end which were federal grant expenses. Related grant revenues and receivables were also not recorded. Recommendation: Care should be taken at each year-end to ensure that all revenues and expenditures/expenses are reported in the proper period, including accrual of all earned revenues and incurred expenditures/expenses. The adjustments should either be made to the ledger or information related to the accruals should be provided to the auditor before audit procedures commence. Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: Management agrees with the auditor’s recommendations. The Town will review each revenue and expenditure/expense account at year-end and ensure that all accruals of earned revenues and incurred expenses are made and reported in the proper period or that information is provided to the auditor before audit procedures commence.