Auditor issues clean opinion but flags timing and reporting errors in Douglas County's 2025 financials

Mauldin & Jenkins gave Douglas County an unmodified (clean) audit opinion for the year ended Dec. 31, 2025, while reporting several audit findings including SEFA timing errors (~$1.1M), an unreconciled general-fund cash adjustment (~$1.1M), a $455,000 franchise-tax receivable omission and a growing solid-waste fund deficit ($481,000).