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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 36.07.04.06" title_num="36" subtitle_num="07" chapter_num="04" heading="Annual Audit.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A facility operator who operates more than ten instant bingo machines shall cause its annual financial statements to be audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by an independent certified public accountant.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The annual financial statement shall include the method of calculation and a statement of the gross receipts subject to the admissions and amusement tax.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The annual financial statements shall be prepared on a comparative basis for the current and prior fiscal year and present financial position and results of operations in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The audited financial statements shall include a footnote reconciling and explaining any difference between the financial statements included in any report submitted to the Commission under Regulation .05 of this chapter and the audited financial statements.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>With regard to adjustments resulting from the annual audit. a facility operator shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Disclose to the Commission all adjustments, whether or not recorded in the accounting records; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Record the adjustment in the accounting records of the year to which the adjustment relates.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>Not later than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year, a facility operator shall submit to the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A copy of its audited financial statements; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Any management letter or report prepared with regard to the financial statements by its independent certified public accountant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>A facility operator shall prepare a written response to the reports required by §E of this regulation which includes details as to any corrective action taken.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>A facility operator shall submit a written report to the Commission if an independent certified public accountant who is engaged as the principal accountant to audit its financial statements:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Resigns;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Is dismissed as the facility operator’s principal accountant; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Is replaced by another independent certified public accountant as principal accountant.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>A report that is required to be filed under §G of this regulation shall include:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The date of the resignation, dismissal, or new engagement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Whether in connection with the audits of the 2 most recent years preceding a resignation, dismissal or new engagement there were any disagreements, resolved or unresolved, with the former accountant on:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Accounting principles or practices;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Financial statement disclosure; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Auditing scope or procedure;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The nature of any disagreement disclosed in §H(2) of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Whether the principal accountant's report on the financial statements for either of the past two years contained an adverse opinion, disclaimer of opinion or was qualified;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The nature of any adverse opinion, disclaimer of opinion or qualification; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>A letter from the former principal accountant addressed to the Commission stating whether the principal accountant concurs with the statements made by the facility operator in the report to the Commission submitted under this section.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>A report required to be filed under §G of this regulation shall be submitted to the Commission not later than 10 days after the end of the month in which the resignation, dismissal or new engagement occurred.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>