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Knox County audit shows clean opinion but flags three internal-control deficiencies
Summary
External auditor Wipfli reported a clean, unmodified opinion on Knox County’s financial statements and major federal programs for FY2023–24, while identifying three internal-control findings and one circuit clerk case-testing finding; auditors said corrective-action plans will be tracked and could affect funding or bond ratings if recurring.
Matt Sheeler, a partner with audit firm Wipfli, told the Knox County Board on May 28 that the county received a clean, unmodified opinion on its financial statements and on its major federal program, and that the jail commissary audit also had a clean opinion.
"We do state that it's a clean, unmodified opinion," Sheeler said, adding that auditors identified three internal-control findings classified as significant deficiencies rather than material weaknesses and one small…
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