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Other Compliance Matters, Late Issuance of the 2022 Single Audit Reporting
Criteria: Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.512(a) requires that each organization’s audit must be completed and the data collection form and reporting package should be submitted within the earlier of 30 days after receipt of the auditor’s report or nine months after the end of the audit period.
Applicable to all assistance listing numbers (ALN’s) and federal agencies (and passthrough entities) included on the accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Condition: The Single Audit package for the Authority’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, should have been submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse by June 9, 2023, but it was submitted on June 14, 2023. The Authority missed the 30-day filing deadline, making the filing for 2022 late.
Cause: The original report did not have the correct required Government Auditing Standards opinion, causing a delay in the submission. The cause is a lack of effective controls over the timing of the administrative review of the submission of the data collection form.
Effect: This can result in the disallowance of expenditures in the future awards by the grantor due to lack of proper reporting. In addition, late filings result in noncompliance with the requirements of the Uniform Guidance.
Recommendation: We recommend the Authority evaluate the process and design internal controls over the submission of the data collection form to avoid late filing of the form.
Management’s Response: The original report received did not have the correct required Government Auditing Standards opinion. We requested the updated opinion, which was provided subsequent to the filing date.