Applicable Fiscal Year: 2024
Report Category: Internal Control and Compliance
Secretariat: Education
Organization: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
AUDIT SUMMARY
We have audited the basic financial statements of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2024, and issued our report thereon, dated November 18, 2024. Our report, included in Virginia Tech’s Annual Financial Report, is available at the Auditor of Public Accounts’ website at www.apa.virginia.gov and at Virginia Tech’s website at www.vt.edu. Our audit found:
· the financial statements are presented fairly, in all material respects;
· one matter involving internal control and its operation necessary to bring to management’s attention that also represents an instance of noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations or other matters that is required to be reported; and
· adequate corrective action with respect to prior audit findings and recommendations identified as complete in the Findings Summary included in the Appendix.
Our audit also included testing over the major federal program of the Student Financial Assistance Programs Cluster for the Commonwealth’s Single Audit as described in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget Compliance Supplement; and found one internal control finding requiring management’s attention and an instance of noncompliance in relation to this testing.
In the section titled “Internal Control and Compliance Finding and Recommendation” we have included our assessment of the conditions and causes resulting in the internal control and compliance finding identified through our audit as well as recommendations for addressing that finding. Our assessment does not remove management’s responsibility to perform a thorough assessment of the conditions and causes of the findings and develop and appropriately implement adequate corrective actions to resolve the finding as required by the Department of Accounts in Topic 10205 – Agency Response to APA Audit of the Commonwealth Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual. Those corrective actions may include additional items beyond our recommendation.