Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy

Criteria: An organization’s financial statements should be fairly stated in all material respects. Condition: The Organization’s initial financial statements had various material errors. Cause: The Organization did not allocate adequate resources of qualified accounting personnel to the task of maintaining the accounting records of the Organization. Effect: The auditors identified several material misstatements in the initial financial records, which necessitated multiple adjusting journal entries to ensure the accuracy of the financial statements. Recommendation: Additional resources should be allocated to accounting so that the financial statements are materially correct.