Finding 503870 (2024-001)

Material Weakness
Requirement
P
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2024
Accepted
2024-10-28
Audit: 326202
Organization: Mount David Housing, Inc. (ME)
Auditor: Otis Atwell

AI Summary

  • Core Issue: Significant adjustments were needed for financial statements due to errors in receivables, revenues, and other accounts.
  • Impacted Requirements: Management must maintain accounting records per generally accepted accounting principles.
  • Recommended Follow-Up: Implement training and review processes for financial close and reporting to prevent future errors by December 31, 2024.

Finding Text

Finding Number: 2024-001 Questioned Costs: N/A Information on Universe and Population Size: N/A Sample Size Information: N/A Noncompliance Information: No instances of noncompliance identified. Statement of Condition: Material audit adjustments related to receivables, revenues, prepaid assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and expenses were required to present the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Criteria: Management is responsible for maintaining its accounting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Cause: Inadequate controls over financial close and reporting procedures. Effect or Potential Effect: As a result of the condition, the Corporation’s accounting records were initially misstated by amounts material to the financial statements. Recommendation: We recommend that control systems are put in place to ensure there is proper training and review over monthly and annual financial close and reporting procedures to eliminate errors in the future. Reporting Views of Responsible Officials and Planned Corrective Action: While policies and procedures were fundamentally sound, deficiencies existed in the oversight and review of material transactions over receivables, revenues, prepaid assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and expenses during financial close and reporting procedures. Therefore, the following action will be implemented by December 31, 2024: • Management will implement staff training on monthly and annual procedures over financial close and reporting by December 31, 2024.

Corrective Action Plan

1. Finding 2024-001: a. Comments on the Finding: We concur that material audit adjustments related to receivables, revenues, prepaid assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and expenses were needed in order to present the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and are in agreement with the recommendations to implement staff training on monthly and annual procedures over financial close and reporting. b. Action(s) Taken on the Finding: We have posted the adjustments recommended by the auditors and management will implement the following control: • Conduct staff training on monthly and annual procedures over financial close and reporting by December 31, 2024.

Categories

Reporting Internal Control / Segregation of Duties

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 503871 2024-002
    Material Weakness
  • 1080312 2024-001
    Material Weakness
  • 1080313 2024-002
    Material Weakness

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
14.181 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities $1.16M
14.195 Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program $143,531