Finding 520278 (2022-004)

Significant Deficiency Repeat Finding
Requirement
L
Questioned Costs
-
Year
2022
Accepted
2025-01-27
Audit: 339937
Organization: Municipality of Morovis (PR)

AI Summary

  • Issue: The Single Audit Report for FY ending June 30, 2022, was not submitted on time.
  • Impacted Requirements: Timely submission to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse was missed, despite OMB-approved waivers.
  • Recommended Follow-up: Ensure future reports and forms are submitted promptly to avoid delays.

Finding Text

The Single Audit Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022 was not issued and submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse within nine (9) months after the end of the audit period. Although, a waivers were approved by the OMB delaying the due date, the Data Collection Form and the reporting package were not submitted on a timely basis.

Corrective Action Plan

We concur with the finding. The pandemic caused by the outbreak of COVID 19 disrupted and delayed many accounting and reporting processes during the fiscal year 2020 since the Municipality had to shut down operations for various months. Consequently, several projects and task calendarized were postponed or delayed, including certain reports required by Federal Regulations and Uniform Guidance. As disclosed in Comments and Corrective Actions of Finding #2022-001, the Municipality hired an Accounting Firm which is already working with the necessary adjustments, conversion entries and details and subsidiaries to prepared the Municipality’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended Jun 30, 2023.

Categories

Reporting

Other Findings in this Audit

  • 520279 2022-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 520280 2022-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 520281 2022-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1096720 2022-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1096721 2022-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat
  • 1096722 2022-003
    Material Weakness Repeat
  • 1096723 2022-004
    Significant Deficiency Repeat

Programs in Audit

ALN Program Name Expenditures
21.027 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds $7.40M
97.030 Community Disaster Loans $2.80M
21.019 Coronavirus Relief Fund $1.56M
97.036 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (presidentially Declared Disasters) $1.22M
93.575 Child Care and Development Block Grant $837,927
14.871 Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers $399,416
14.228 Community Development Block Grants/state's Program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii $394,694
10.558 Child and Adult Care Food Program $63,952