Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item
4.
Controls
and Procedures
Our
management, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer (also working as our chief financial officer),
evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of July 31, 2022. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that the disclosure controls and
procedures employed at the Company were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by
us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within
the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms.
In
our annual report filed on Report 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2022, management identified the following material weakness in our
internal control over financial reporting:
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The
small size of our Company limits our ability to achieve the desired level of separation of duties for proper internal controls and
financial reporting, particularly as it relates to financial reporting to assure material disclosures or implementation of newly
issued accounting standards are included. A secondary review over annual and quarterly filings does occur with an outside party.
Due to the departure of the Controller, the current CEO and CFO roles are being fulfilled by the same individual. We do not have
an audit committee. We do not believe we have met the full requirement for separation of duties for financial reporting purposes.
We
continue to operate with a limited number of accounting and financial personnel. For the quarter ending July 31, 2022, the Company did
not have a Controller, but management is looking to fill this position as soon as possible. Training will be required to fulfill disclosure
control and procedure responsibilities, including review procedures for key accounting schedules and timely and proper documentation
of material transactions and agreements. Until sufficient training has taken place for this new Controller, we believe this control deficiency
represents material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting. To mitigate the effects of the material weakness identified
in our annual report, the Company contracted with an outside CPA to perform a secondary review of our quarterly report filed on Form
10-Q.
Despite
the material weaknesses in financial reporting noted above, we believe that our financial statements included in this report fairly present
our financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the periods presented in all material respects.
We
are committed to the establishment of effective internal controls over financial reporting and will place emphasis on quarterly and year-end
closing procedures, timely documentation and internal review of accounting and financial reporting consequences of material contracts
and agreements, and enhanced review of all schedules and account analyses by experienced accounting department personnel or independent
consultants.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Other
than those mentioned above, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended July
31, 2022 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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GEORGE
RISK INDUSTRIES, INC.
PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1.
Legal
Proceedings
Not
applicable
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