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2025-002 U.S. Department of Treasury COVID-19 – Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds – ALN 21.027 Material Weakness in Internal Controls over Compliance and Compliance Finding Criteria: The compliance supplement identifies four Key Line Items required to be reported to the federal awarding agency which include (1) current period obligation, (2) cumulative obligation, (3) current period expenditure and (4) cumulative expenditure. Per 2 CFR 200.1, an obligation is an order placed for property and services, contracts and subawards made, and similar transactions that require payment. Condition: Expenditures were not reconciled to the general ledger for reporting submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Cause: The Town did not have procedures in place to perform reconciliations of required grant reporting. Effect: It was determined that the Town recorded overstated expenditures by $427,507 in reporting submitted to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Questioned Costs: None Repeat Finding from Prior Year: No Recommendation: The Town should implement procedures to reconcile all federal reporting to the general ledger. Views of Responsible Official: Management agrees with the finding.