CISO Global, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Mar 31, 2025.
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FY2024 · Filed Mar 31, 2025
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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Our Audit Committee has appointed Semple, Marchal & Cooper, LLP (“SMC”) to audit the consolidated financial statements of our company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The following table sets forth the fees billed to our company for professional services rendered by SMC for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023:
| Services | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Audit fees (1) | $506,078 | $498,395 |
| Audit-related fees (2) | 30,571 | 51,863 |
| Tax fees (3) | 90,600 | 65,827 |
| All other fees(4) | - | 17,235 |
| Total fees | $627,249 | $633,320 |
| (1) | Audit fees consisted of billing for professional services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings, including (i) fees associated with the audits of our financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and, (ii) fees associated with quarterly reviews for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, June 30, 2024 and 2023, and September 30, 2024 and 2023. |
| (2) | Audit related fees consisted of billings for professional services for reviews of our periodic filings under form 10-K and 10-Q and employee benefit plan audit for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. |
| (3) | Tax fees consisted primarily of tax related advisory and preparation services. |
| (4) | Fees for permitted services other than the services reported in audit fees, audit-related fees, and tax fees. |
Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies
The charter of our Audit Committee provides that the authority and responsibilities of our Audit Committee include the pre-approval of all audit and permitted non-audit and tax services that may be provided by our independent auditors or other registered public accounting firms, and the establishment of policies and procedures for the Audit Committee’s pre-approval of permitted services by our independent auditors or other registered public accounting firms on an on-going basis.
For audit services, each year our independent auditor provides our Audit Committee with an engagement letter outlining the scope of the audit services proposed to be performed during the year, which must be formally accepted by our Audit Committee before the audit commences prior to engagement of an independent auditor for next year’s audit, management will submit an aggregate of services expected to be rendered during that year for each of three categories of services to our Audit Committee for approval.
All of the services provided by SMC described above under the caption “Audit-Related Fees” were approved by our Audit Committee pursuant to our Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies.
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