Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures . Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of January 31, 2022.
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Changes
in Internal Control over Financial Reporting . Other than the remediation discussed below, there were no changes in our
internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended January 31, 2022 that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Previously
Reported Material Weakness
Management previously
identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting related to accounting for taxes, which is disclosed in Item
9A. “Controls and Procedures” of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2021. Specifically, we determined that
our management review controls related to valuation allowance against deferred tax assets were ineffective.
Remediation
In order to remediate the material
weakness, we designed and implemented the following internal controls:
●
We have historically engaged tax consultants to prepare
and review the Company’s income tax provision. The tax consultants appointed a second tax partner as an independent reviewer
to perform a final review of the tax provision work prepared by its engagement team.
●
The chief financial officer performed a final review
of the tax provision, which is performed at a more granular level than in the past, and performed at a sufficient level of precision.
This review involves a detailed review of the tax provision schedules prepared by the tax consultants. This includes,
among other procedures, assessing the completeness and accuracy of amounts included in the tax provision schedules, reconciling amounts
in the tax provision schedules to the Company’s records, reviewing the mathematical accuracy of the schedules, understanding
key fluctuations in the tax accounts, and reviewing that amounts recorded in the financial statements for income taxes reconciles
to the tax provision schedules.
We believe our material weakness related to accounting for taxes has been
remediated and that our internal control processes over financial reporting are effective as January 31, 2022.
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Legal
proceedings in which we are involved are more fully described in Note 8 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
included in Item 1 to Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There
are no other material changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A to Part I of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended July 31, 2021.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not
applicable
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