Finding 380527 (2023-001)

Federal Agency: Department of Housing and Urban Development Federal Program Name: Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Listing Number: 14.181 Award Period: 2023 Type of Finding: Significant Deficiency in Internal Control over Compliance Criteria or Specific Requirement: According to the client's internal control over payroll disbursements, hourly employees must maintain timesheets which are approved and signed by the property manager. Condition: Upon performing testing over payroll disbursements, we noted that there was no approval of the timesheets for payroll disbursements tested. Questioned costs: None Context: The timesheet for 4 out of 4 payroll disbursements tested was not properly approved by the property manager. Cause: Turnover of property manager at the property management company and weaknesses in internal controls over payroll disbursements. Effect: There is no evidence of proper approval of payroll disbursement. Repeat Finding: Yes Recommendation: We recommend that management strengthen controls over review of payroll. Views of Responsible Officials: There is no disagreement with the audit finding.