Finding 38028 (2022-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2023-03-30
Audit: 34701
Organization: The Laguna Playhouse (CA)

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: There is a significant lack of timely, accurate, and complete account analysis and reconciliation, leading to potential misstatements in financial reporting.
  • Impacted Requirements: Internal controls over cash accounts, accounts receivable, depreciation, capitalizable assets, and accounts payable are inadequate, violating AICPA and COSO standards.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Strengthen internal controls and ensure regular reconciliations to prevent future discrepancies and ensure compliance with accounting principles.

Finding Text

Finding No. 2023-1: Lack of Timely, Accurate and Complete Account Analysis and Reconciliation Type of Finding: Material Weakness Material Weakness Criteria: AICPA AU-C 265.07 defines a material weakness as ?a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity?s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A reasonable possibility exists when the likelihood of an event occurring is either reasonably possible or probable as defined as follows: reasonably possible - the chance of the future event or events occurring is more than remote but less than likely; probable - the future event or events are likely to occur.? The Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in the Internal Control ? Integrated Framework (2013 Framework) defined internal control as ?? a process, effected by an entity?s board of directors, management, and other personnel, designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the achievement of objectives relating to operations, reporting, and compliance. Condition: Cash accounts were not consistently reconciled; accounts receivable ledgers contained inaccurate activities; depreciation expenses were incorrectly posted; capitalizable assets were improperly expensed; accounts payable and accrued expenses were not complete at fiscal year-end; net assets did not properly roll-forward from the prior fiscal year. Cause: Internal controls were inadequate over the above-mentioned processes. Effect: Numerous audit adjusting entries were required to present the Playhouse?s June 30, 2022 financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. Repeat Finding from Prior Year: Not applicable.

Corrective Action Plan

Recommendation: We recommend that sufficient, competent accounting resources be utilized so that proper and timely account analysis and reconciliation, a fundamental component of effective internal control, can be completed timely, thoroughly and accurately on a consistent basis.

Categories

Material Weakness Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 614470 2022-001
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
59.075 Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program $2.74M