Independent auditor issues clean opinion on Greenville County FY 2024 financial statements; public calls for simpler reports

An independent auditor told the Oversight Ad Hoc Committee on Oct. 7 that Greenville County’s fiscal year 2024 financial statements received an unmodified (clean) opinion and that the county also received a clean federal single-audit opinion on ARPA spending.

The presentation by Grant Davis, a partner with Mullen Davis CPA Advisors, set out the audit results and highlighted key financial figures, while a public commenter said the audit documents are too technical for most taxpayers.

Davis said the firm issued an unmodified opinion on the county’s financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024, which he described as “really the only acceptable result in a financial statement audit.” He also told the committee the auditors issued a separate report required by government auditing standards and identified one instance of noncompliance with state law involving collateralization of certain public deposits held outside the county treasurer’s purview.

The auditor’s presentation included high-level financial figures…