CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
−Removed: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
−Removed: of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, we conducted an evaluation as required by Rule 13a-15(b) and Rule 15d-15(b)
−Removed: of the Exchange Act, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
−Removed: of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act).
−Removed: Based upon this
−Removed: evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that due to the material weakness described below,
−Removed: our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered
−Removed: by this Report.
−Removed: system of internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
−Removed: of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
−Removed: accounting principles.
−Removed: A material weakness is any deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our company’s annual or interim financial
−Removed: statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
−Removed: upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting was not effective as of the period covered by this Quarterly Report.
−Removed: the initial filing of our Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020, our Forms 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: the six months ended September 30, 2020, management identified a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting
−Removed: that existed as of the dates of those filings related to the design and implementation of control activities intended to mitigate
−Removed: the risk that transactions be incorrectly accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
−Removed: Specifically,
−Removed: we did not maintain effective internal controls over the accounting for costs related to our co-op promotion allowances, pursuant
−Removed: to ASC 606, Revenue from Contract with Customers, as we incorrectly recorded these allowances as selling expenses when they should
−Removed: be recorded as a reduction in net sales.
−Removed: This material weakness resulted in material misstatements to the consolidated statements
−Removed: of operations for the aforementioned periods.
−Removed: The consolidated balance sheets, statement of cash flows, statement of shareholders’
−Removed: equity, net income or loss for the affected periods remained unaffected.
+Added: (a)Evaluation
+Added: of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
+Added: As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation, under
+Added: the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer of our disclosure controls and
+Added: procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act).
+Added: Based upon this evaluation, our chief executive officer
+Added: and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective to ensure that information required
+Added: to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within
+Added: the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management,
+Added: including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
+Added: connection with the filing of our Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2021, we identified a material weakness primarily related to
+Added: the consolidated financial statements close process that failed to detect errors which could have been material in the accounting for
+Added: inventory cutoff and the inventory valuation of estimated returns.
+Added: Specifically, the Company currently has a deficient process to close
+Added: the consolidated financial statements and prepare comprehensive and timely account analysis, due in part to a new accounting software
+Added: system, which resulted in certain adjusting journal entries.
for material Weakness in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
−Removed: Company’s management has begun to design and implement certain remediation measures to address the above-described material
−Removed: weakness and enhance the Company’s internal control in order to remediate this material weakness.
−Removed: As part of our remediation
−Removed: measures, the Company has identified and will implement plans to enhance the Company’s process and controls including ensuring
−Removed: adequate resources and use of accounting experts for guidance in the application of new accounting standards.
+Added: Company’s management has begun to design and implement certain remediation measures to address the above-described material weakness
+Added: and enhance the Company’s internal control in order to remediate this material weakness.
+Added: As part of our remediation measures, the
+Added: Company has identified and will implement plans to enhance the Company’s process and controls including the following measures:
+Added: Company implemented a new Enterprise Resource Planning (“ERP”) system in Fiscal 2021 that contributed to the material
+Added: Management has identified system processing errors specifically related to when returned goods are recognized in inventory
+Added: and how they are costed.
+Added: Management is currently working with our third-party systems support group to correct these system errors.
+Added: plans on strengthening the ERP system training for both finance and warehouse personnel with regards to inventory cutoff and valuation
+Added: procedures to insure personnel working with inventory are thoroughly familiar with procedures for processing returns.
+Added: will also assess whether current resources are adequate to maintain proper inventory controls once the system errors have been remediated
+Added: and additional training is completed and will explore the possibility of additional third-party assistance if necessary.
Changes in Internal Controls
−Removed: There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in
−Removed: connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act that occurred during
−Removed: the period covered by this report that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control
−Removed: over financial reporting.
+Added: were no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during the quarter ended June 30, 2021, that materially
+Added: affected, or were reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
II - OTHER INFORMATION
−Removed: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
−Removed: is not aware of any legal proceedings other than matters that arise in the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: applicable for smaller reporting companies
−Removed: UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
−Removed: DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
−Removed: are not currently in default upon any of our senior securities.
−Removed: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
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