Finding 1240547 (2025-002)

Material Weakness Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2025
Accepted
2026-10-15

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: The audit reporting package for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, was submitted late, violating federal regulations.
  • Impacted Requirements: Compliance with 2 CRF 200.512, which mandates timely submission of audit reports within nine months post fiscal year-end.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Management should ensure timely provision of all necessary documents and information to auditors to meet future submission deadlines.

Finding Text

Finding No. 2025-002 Type of finding: Federal Award Situation: Significant deficiency; Compliance with federal regulations. Assistance Listing No: All Federally Assisted Programs Compliance Requirements: Reporting Repeated audit finding: None Questioned Costs: None Condition: The Single Audit reporting package, as defined and required in 2 CRF 200.512 for fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, was not submitted timely. Context: Despite the Organization’s best efforts to provide, on a timely basis, the information needed to complete the audit, data collection form and reporting package according to 2 CRF 200.512, the audit, data collection form and reporting package for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 was submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse on October 2026. Criteria: As per 2 CRF 200.512, the audit, data collection form, and reporting package must be submitted within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report, or nine months after the end of the audit period. Cause: The Organization was not able to provide on a timely basis, the information needed to complete the audit for the year ended on June 30, 2025. This situation prevented the submission of the data collection form and reporting package by the due date of March 31, 2026. Effect: Because of the situation described above, the Organization did not comply with the report submission requirement, since the audit was not submitted within nine months after their fiscal period end date. Auditor’s recommendation: Management should continue to fulfill their auditee responsibilities as stated in 2 CRF 200.508 which among other things, require management to prepare appropriate financial statements and provide the auditor with access to personnel, accounts, books, records, supporting documentation, and other information as needed for the auditor to perform the audit and to ensure that subsequent financial reporting packages are submitted timely. View of Responsible officials and corrective actions: To make sure that all pertinent documents & information related to the 2024-2025 financial statements are delivered to our auditor with sufficient time for them to complete said year’s single audit and submit it to the corresponding agency.

Corrective Action Plan

Cognizant or Oversight Agency for Audit: Colegio Catolico Notre Dame Corp. respectfully submits the following corrective action plan for the year ended June 30, 2025. Name and address of independent public accounting firm: Gonzalez. Torres & Co., PSC, San Jose Tower 1250 Ponce de Leon Ave. Suite 801, San Juan, PR 00907-3912 Audit Period: June 30, 2025 The findings from the June 30, 2025 schedule of findings and questioned costs are discussed below. The findings are numbered consistently with the numbers assigned in the schedule. FINDINGS – FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT Finding 2025-001: Accounting Records and Reporting System Reportable Condition: See Statement of Condition 2025-001 Recommendation: The Organization should design and implement an integrated accounting system that would allow for the preparation of monthly closings, as well as the preparation of year-end financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Corrective Action – Finding 2025-01 The Organization will implement an integrated accounting closing process, and establish procedures for monthly and year-end closing processes. Management will assign responsible personnel to perform and review the necessary reconciliations, adjustments, and supporting schedules to ensure that the financial records are complete and maintained in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). Management will also establish a timeline for the monthly and year-end closing process and monitor compliance with the established procedures. FINDINGS – FEDERAL AWARDS Finding 2025-002: Reporting Reportable Condition: See Statement of Condition 2025-002 Recommendation: Management should continue to fulfill their auditee responsibilities as stated in 2 CRF 200.508 which among other things, require management to prepare appropriate financial statements and provide the auditor with access to personnel, accounts, books, records, supporting documentation, and other information as needed for the auditor to perform the audit and to ensure that subsequent financial reporting packages are submitted timely. Corrective Action-Finding 2025-02 Management will ensure that financial statements and required supporting documentation are prepared timely and that the auditor is provided with timely access to personnel, records, accounts, and other information necessary to complete the audit. Management will also monitor the submission of required financial reporting packages to ensure they are submitted within the applicable deadlines. If the Cognizant or Oversight Agency for Audit has questions regarding this plan, please contact us at 787-743-3693.

Categories

Reporting Significant Deficiency

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 1240545 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1240546 2025-002
    Material Weakness Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
97.036 DISASTER GRANTS - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE (PRESIDENTIALLY DECLARED DISASTERS) $546,129
10.555 NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM $494,154
10.559 SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN $32,673