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Clean Energy Technologies Inc

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Apr 17, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Apr 17, 2024

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Item 8. Report of independent registered public accounting firm

To the Board of Directors and

Stockholders of Clean Energy Technologies, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2023, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has an accumulated deficit, a working capital deficit and negative cash flows from operations. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Revenue Recognition for Performance Obligations Satisfied Over Time

Description of the Critical Audit Matter: As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, recognizing revenue from Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreement(s) is based on reasonable measures of progress toward complete satisfaction of the performance obligation.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit: The related audit effort in evaluating management’s judgments in determining revenue recognition for these agreements was extensive and required a high degree of auditor judgment.

Our audit procedures related to evaluating the Company’s accounting for revenue recognized from these revenue agreements, among others:

●We reviewed the contract terms and evaluated that the agreement has commercial substance, given the related party nature of the transaction, and that all of the considerations have a reasonable probability to be substantially collected based on supporting evidence.
●We reviewed and verified the performance obligation(s) in the contract to be a series of distinct goods and services that are substantially the same and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.
●We confirmed the transaction price with the related party and evaluated the reasonableness of the gross profit margin and budgeted costs allocated to the completion of the performance obligation.
●We evaluated whether billing methods were aligned with the satisfaction of performance obligations guidance under revenue recognition accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
●We verified whether costs under the input method directly contributed to the completion of the performance obligation based on audit evidence.
●We tested the accuracy and completeness of management’s calculations based on supporting data and audit evidence.

Business Combination of Shuya and Change in Equity Method to Consolidation in 2023

Description of the Critical Audit Matter: As described in Note 2, effective January 1, 2023 the Company re-analyzed and determined that Shuya is the variable interest entity of JHJ as a result of Consistent Action Agreements so we begin to consolidate Shuya on January 1, 2023 and change from equity method in 2022 to consolidation in 2023.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit: We identified the Company’s enterprise value and consideration paid as a critical audit matter because of the significant estimates and assumptions management used in the estimate of the acquisition date fair value, including forecasts of future revenues and expenses and the selection of the discount rates. Auditing management’s forecasts of future revenues and expenses as well as the selection of the discount rates involved a high degree of auditor judgment and increased audit effort, including the use of our valuation specialists, as changes in these assumptions could have a significant impact on the value of the purchase consideration.

Our audit procedures consisted of the following, among others:

●We read the Consistent Action Agreements to understand and evaluate the terms of the transaction to determine that the acquisition met the requirements of a business combination and change from equity method to consolidation in 2023.
●We evaluated the analysis of the initial allocation of the purchase price accounting as well as the determination of the balance sheet classification of each component of the transaction.
●We obtained the Company’s third-party expert valuation report to gain an understanding of the processes and key assumptions for estimating the fair value of inventories and other acquired assets and liabilities and enterprise value.
●We utilized our valuation specialists to evaluate the adequacy and appropriateness of the methodologies and assumptions, including the weighted-average cost of capital and the discount rate, used by the Company’s third-party valuation expert in developing the estimated fair value of the inventories and other acquired assets and liabilities and the enterprise value.
●We assessed the reasonableness of management’s cash flow forecasts based on historical results, revenue growth assumptions and expected inflation.
●We performed independent calculations to test the reasonableness and mathematical accuracy of the fair values concluded by the Company.
●We evaluated the qualifications of the Company’s third-party valuation expert based on credentials, reputation and experience.
●We assessed the appropriateness of the disclosures in the consolidated financial statements.

Valuation of Preferred Shares

Description of the Critical Audit Matter: As described further in Notes 12 to the financial statements, the Company determined that the Series E preferred shares issued on November 8, 2023 to distinguished for the outstanding balances and accrued interest of six promissory notes has to be fair value. The Company utilized an equity allocation method to determine the fair value of the Series E preferred shares, which uses certain assumptions related to expected terminal date, expected volatility, implied equity value, risk-free interest rate, etc.

How the Critical Audit Matter was Addressed in the Audit: We determined the assessment of the fair values of the Series E preferred shares as a critical audit matter due to the significant judgements used by the Company in determining the fair value of the Series E preferred shares. Auditing the valuation of the Series E preferred shares involved a high degree of auditor judgement and specialized skills and knowledge were needed.

Our audit procedures consisted of the following, among others:

●We read the debt exchange agreement to understand and evaluate the terms of the transaction to determine that the number of Series E preferred shares issued and the total debt settled and recalculate the loss in extinguishment of debt based on the fair value of Series E preferred shares issued in 2023.
●We obtained the Company’s third-party expert valuation report to gain an understanding of the processes and key assumptions for estimating the fair value of Series E preferred shares.
●We utilized our valuation specialists to evaluate the adequacy and appropriateness of the methodologies and assumptions used by the Company’s third-party valuation expert in developing the estimated fair value of Series E preferred shares.

TAAD, LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2023.

Diamond Bar, California

April 16, 2024

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Clean Energy Technologies, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“the Company”) as of December 31, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has an accumulated deficit, a working capital deficit and negative cash flows from operations. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the accounts or disclosures to which they relate.

Revenue Recognition

Description of the Critical Audit Matter

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, revenue from contracts is recognized in the period during which the performance obligations are satisfied, provided that the applicable conditions under the related contracts have been met.

The related audit effort in evaluating management’s judgments in determining revenue recognition for these agreements was extensive and required a high degree of auditor judgment.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to evaluating the Company’s accounting for revenue recognized from these revenue agreements, among others:

●Analyzing the pattern of delivery (i.e., timing of when revenue is recognized) for each distinct performance obligation.
●Reviewing the treatment of contract terms that impact the timing and amount of revenue recognized.
●Evaluating the transactions prices allocated to each performance obligation.
●Testing the accuracy and completeness of management’s calculations based on supporting data and audit evidence.

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2015.

Spokane, Washington

Date: XXXXXXXXXXX

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