Gooding Senior Housing Association Inc

Finding 2025-001 Federal assistance listing number and name: 10.415 Rural Rent Housing Loans Awards numbers and years: 2025 Federal agency: United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Requirement: Activities allowed or unallowed, allowable costs/ cash management, eligibility, equipment, period of performance, procurement, program income, reporting, special tests Questioned Costs: None Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR §200.512(a), non-Federal entities that expend $750,000 or more in Federal awards during the fiscal year must submit the audit report to the FAC Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s), or nine months after the end of the audit period. Additionally, program-specific requirements may mandate timely submission to other agencies, including Rural Development (RD). Condition and Context: The auditee did not submit the required audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) and Rural Development (RD) in a timely manner. Specifically:  The 2023 Audit Report was not submitted to the FAC as required under 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F.  The 2024 Audit Report was submitted past the regulatory deadline to both the FAC and RD. Cause: The delays and omissions appear to have resulted from the prior auditor not being able to submit the Audit Report due to technical issues and the Rural Department not providing the loan statements in a timely manner. Effect: Failure to submit audit reports timely impedes the federal government’s oversight responsibilities, potentially affects the auditee's risk assessment, and may jeopardize continued funding eligibility. Recommendation: Management should establish and adhere to a documented internal timeline to ensure timely audit preparation and submission. This should include calendar reminders, assigned staff responsibilities, and periodic checks throughout the audit cycle. Communication with the auditor should begin early in the fiscal year to ensure deadlines are met.

Finding 2025-001 Federal assistance listing number and name: 10.415 Rural Rent Housing Loans Awards numbers and years: 2025 Federal agency: United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Requirement: Activities allowed or unallowed, allowable costs/ cash management, eligibility, equipment, period of performance, procurement, program income, reporting, special tests Questioned Costs: None Name of contact person and title: Pat Bishop, President Condition and Context: The auditee did not submit the required audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) and Rural Development (RD) in a timely manner. Specifically:  The 2023 Audit Report was not submitted to the FAC as required under 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F.  The 2024 Audit Report was submitted past the regulatory deadline to both the FAC and RD. Management Response: Management plans to develop and implement an internal audit compliance calendar with clearly defined submission deadlines for all audit-related deliverables, including due dates for the FAC and RD and Create an internal checklist and sign-off process to confirm that each audit deliverable has been submitted to all required agencies and portals. Status: In progress Anticipated Completion Date: Estimated 2025

2024-001

Finding 2024-001 Federal assistance listing number and name: 10.415 Rural Rent Housing Loans Awards numbers and years: 2024 Federal agency: United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Requirement: Activities allowed or unallowed, allowable costs/ cash management, eligibility, equipment, period of performance, procurement, program income, reporting, special tests Questioned Costs: None Criteria: In accordance with 2 CFR §200.512(a), non-Federal entities that expend $750,000 or more in Federal awards during the fiscal year must submit the audit report to the FAC Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) within the earlier of 30 calendar days after receipt of the auditor’s report(s), or nine months after the end of the audit period. Additionally, program-specific requirements may mandate timely submission to other agencies, including Rural Development (RD). Condition and Context: The auditee did not submit the required audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) and Rural Development (RD) in a timely manner. Specifically:  The 2023 Audit Report was not submitted to the FAC as required under 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F.  The 2024 Audit Report was submitted past the regulatory deadline to both the FAC and RD. Cause: The delays and omission appear to have resulted from the prior auditor not being able to submit the Audit Report due to technical issues and the Rural Department not providing the loan statements in a timely manner. Effect: Failure to submit audit reports timely impedes the federal government’s oversight responsibilities, potentially affects the auditee's risk assessment, and may jeopardize continued funding eligibility. Recommendation: Management should establish and adhere to a documented internal timeline to ensure timely audit preparation and submission. This should include calendar reminders, assigned staff responsibilities, and periodic checks throughout the audit cycle. Communication with the auditor should begin early in the fiscal year to ensure deadlines are met.

Finding 2024-001 Federal assistance listing number and name: 10.415 Rural Rent Housing Loans Awards numbers and years: 2024 Federal agency: United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Requirement: Activities allowed or unallowed, allowable costs/ cash management, eligibility, equipment, period of performance, procurement, program income, reporting, special tests Questioned Costs: None Name of contact person and title: Pat Bishop, President Condition and Context: The auditee did not submit the required audit reports to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse (FAC) and Rural Development (RD) in a timely manner. Specifically:  The 2023 Audit Report was not submitted to the FAC as required under 2 CFR Part 200, Subpart F.  The 2024 Audit Report was submitted past the regulatory deadline to both the FAC and RD. Management Response: Management plans to develop and implement an internal audit compliance calendar with clearly defined submission deadlines for all audit-related deliverables, including due dates for the FAC and RD and Create an internal checklist and sign-off process to confirm that each audit deliverable has been submitted to all required agencies and portals. Status: In progress Anticipated Completion Date: Estimated 2025

Finding 2024-003 Federal assistance listing number and name: 10.415 Rural Rent Housing Loans Awards numbers and years: 2024 Federal agency: United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Requirement: Activities allowed or unallowed, allowable costs/ cash management, eligibility, equipment, period of performance, procurement, program income, reporting, special tests Questioned Costs: None Criteria: Generally Accepted Auditing Standard AU-C 265“Communicating Internal Control Related Matters Identified in an Audit” requires the auditor to communicate potential weaknesses in internal control that are considered significant deficiencies in internal control. Condition and Context: Management has requested that the auditor propose certain year-end adjustments to bring the financial statements into conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). For example, cash to accrual adjustments, depreciation calculations and adjustments, adjustments to debt and interest expense, interest subsidy adjustments, etc. Cause: The management company has certain reporting requirements for its affordable housing project which it manages. These requirements may include agency budget to actual reporting, tax reporting deadlines to limited partners and financial audit reporting deadlines. Due to the number of projects managed, these adjustments would require additional accounting personnel to meet the deadlines. Consequently, the Management Company requests the auditor to propose certain standard recurring adjustments to facilitate meeting the deadlines. Effect: All adjustments proposed by the auditor are required to be reviewed and approved by Management. There is a risk that the auditor may propose an incorrect journal entry, and the error may not be detected by management. Recommendation: Management needs to evaluate the risk of requesting the auditor to propose standard annual journal entries. Based upon management’s risk assessment of the internal control deficiency, management may decide to hire additional temporary accounting personnel to make the required entries.

Finding 2024-003 Federal assistance listing number and name: 10.415 Rural Rent Housing Loans Awards numbers and years: 2024 Federal agency: United States Department of Agriculture Compliance Requirement: Activities allowed or unallowed, allowable costs/ cash management, eligibility, equipment, period of performance, procurement, program income, reporting, special tests Questioned Costs: None Name of contact person and title: Pat Bishop, President Condition and Context: Management has requested that the auditor propose certain year-end adjustments to bring the financial statements into conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). For example, cash to accrual adjustments, depreciation calculations and adjustments, adjustments to debt and interest expense, interest subsidy adjustments, etc. Management Response: Management has evaluated the risk that a material misstatement might occur and not be detected in the financial statements. Management believes that the risk of material misstatement is not significant for the following reasons: 1. The entries are standard entries required to be made each year. If an entry was not made it would be obvious in the financial statements. A calculation error that would be material to the financial statements would also be obvious. 2. Management reviews and approves both the proposed adjusting journal entries and the financial statements prior to release. Based upon management’s consideration of the risk of material misstatement, management believes the costs of hiring, training, and monitoring part-time accounting personnel far exceed any potential benefits from implementing additional controls. Status: In progress Anticipated Completion Date: Estimated 2025