Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.
The full text of our audited consolidated financial statements begins on page F-1.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
On October 29, 2024, the Audit Committee dismissed Turner, Stone & Company LLP (“Turner Stone”) as our independent registered public accounting firm, effective immediately.
The reports of Turner Stone on our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles, except that Turner Stone’s reports for the years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, each contained an explanatory paragraph stating there was substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
During the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, and the subsequent interim period through October 29, 2024, there were no disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Regulation S-K”) and the related instructions to Item 304 of Regulation S-K) with Turner Stone on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Turner Stone, would have caused Turner Stone to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its reports on the Company’s consolidated financial statements for such years. Also during this time, there were no “reportable events,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, except that Turner Stone and our management identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting related to (i) lack of any documented flow charts or formal written procedures related to internal controls, (ii) lack of invoices and other documentation to support payments made to vendors and reimbursed expenses to contractors, and (iii) lack of sufficient documentation to show that journal entries are consistently reviewed and approved by someone other than the preparer.
We provided Turner Stone with a copy of the above disclosures and requested that Turner Stone furnish us with a letter addressed to the SEC stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made above. A copy of Turner Stone’s letter dated December 31, 2024, is attached as Exhibit 16.1 to this filing of which it forms a part.
On October 31, 2024, the Audit Committee engaged CBIZ Canada, LLP (formerly known as Marcum Canada, LLP) (“CBIZ”) as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, effective immediately. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, and the subsequent interim period through October 31, 2024, neither we nor anyone on our behalf has consulted with CBIZ regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to any specified transaction, either completed or proposed or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to us that CBIZ concluded was an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or a “reportable event,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
See the sections titled “ BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ” and “ w. Recent accounting pronouncements ” in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10‑K.