NETSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC
For the period ended Jun 30, 2024. Filed Sep 30, 2024.
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FY2024 · Filed Sep 30, 2024
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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Audit Fees
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024, we engaged two independent registered public accounting firms due to a change in auditors during the year.
| 1. | BF Borgers CPA PC (“BF Borgers”) was engaged to audit our financial statements and perform review services for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023. We incurred fees of $262,500 for these audit services. In addition, BF Borgers was engaged to review our quarterly financial statements for the first two quarters of fiscal year ended 2024, for which we incurred fees of $60,000. |
| 2. | Due to subsequent sanctions imposed by the SEC on BF Borgers, we engaged Fortune CPA (“Fortune”) to re-audit the financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, and to audit our financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. In addition, Fortune reviewed our quarterly financial statements for the third quarter of fiscal year 2024 and 2023. The total amount paid to Fortune for these services was $563,500. |
Tax Fees
Tax fees for fiscal year 2024 were $19,000 and consisted of the preparation of the Company’s federal and state tax returns for the fiscal years 2023. Tax fees for fiscal year 2023 were $16,000 and consisted of the preparation of the Company’s federal and state tax returns for the fiscal year 2022.
All Other Fees
No other fees were paid to principal accountant during the fiscal years 2024 and 2023.
Pre-Approval Procedures
The Audit Committee and the Board of Directors are responsible for the engagement of the independent auditors and for approving, in advance, all auditing services and permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent auditors. The Audit Committee maintains a policy for the engagement of the independent auditors that is intended to maintain the independent auditor’s independence from NETSOL. In adopting the policy, the Audit Committee considered the various services that the independent auditors have historically performed or may be needed to perform in the future. The policy, which is to be reviewed and re-adopted at least annually by the Audit Committee:
(i) Approves the performance by the independent auditors of certain types of service (principally audit-related and tax), subject to restrictions in some cases, based on the Committee’s determination that this would not be likely to impair the independent auditors’ independence from NETSOL;
(ii) Requires that management obtain the specific prior approval of the Audit Committee for each engagement of the independent auditors to perform other types of permitted services; and
(iii) Prohibits the performance by the independent auditors of certain types of services due to the likelihood that their independence would be impaired.
Any approval required under the policy must be given by the Audit Committee, by the Chair of the Committee in office at the time, or by any other Committee member to whom the Committee has delegated that authority. The Audit Committee does not delegate its responsibilities to approve services performed by the independent auditors to any member of management.
The standard applied by the Audit Committee in determining whether to grant approval of an engagement of the independent auditors is whether the services to be performed, the compensation to be paid therefore and other related factors are consistent with the independent auditors’ independence under guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable professional standards. Relevant considerations include, but are not limited to, whether the work product is likely to be subject to, or implicated in, audit procedures during the audit of NETSOL’s financial statements; whether the independent auditors would be functioning in the role of management or in an advocacy role; whether performance of the service by the independent auditors would enhance NETSOL’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality; whether performance of the service by the independent auditors would increase efficiency because of their familiarity with NETSOL’s business, personnel, culture, systems, risk profile and other factors; and whether the amount of fees involved, or the proportion of the total fees payable to the independent auditors in the period that is for tax and other non-audit services, would tend to reduce the independent auditors’ ability to exercise independent judgment in performing the audit.
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