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Stokes County placed on state 'unit assistance' list after audit issues, officials say current audit is on track
Summary
Finance staff told commissioners the county scored 65 in the state's annual audit review and was placed on a 'unit assistance' list because of repeated internal-control deficiencies, delayed audits, reconciliation problems and a 2024 budget violation; staff said the current audit is progressing well and state coaching support has been offered.
Tammy, a county finance official, told the Stokes County Board of Commissioners that last week the state notified the county it had been placed on a "unit assistance" list after receiving a score of 65 during the state's annual audit review process.
She said the state identified several areas that pushed the county past the threshold for listing: repeated delayed audits going back multiple years, internal-control weaknesses, untimely subsidiary-ledger reconciliations to the general…
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