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Finding 2023-02: The Organization’s policies and procedures were not followed in the accounting for payroll payments to the Internal Revenue Service.
Criteria: The Organization’s policies and procedures require regular payments be made to the Internal Revenue Services for expenses related to payroll taxes.
Condition: For the year ended December 31, 2023, there were no payments disbursed to the Internal Revenue Service after June 26, 2023.
Cause: The Organization has noticed that there is an increasing number of invoices that are being sent to an old email address that no one has access to. Additionally, the Organization stated that they did not follow through well with their planned updates to their control policy due to increases in their day-to-day work.
Effect or Potential Effect: This is increasing the liability for the Company, and there will be significant penalties and interest related to the outstanding balances that are likely to be material to the financial statements in the current audit period and future audit periods.