Item 4.01 – Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
Paritz & Company, P.A. (“Paritz”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm advised the Company on October 25, 2018 that Paritz was acquired by the auditing firm Prager Metis CPA’s LLC (“Prager”), and that the employees and partners of Paritz were joining Prager. As a result, effective October 25, Paritz resigned as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
1) Previous Independent Auditors:
a.
On October 25, 2018, Paritz resigned as the registrant’s registered independent public accountant. On October 25, 2018, the registrant engaged Prager as its new registered independent public accountant.
b.
For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the interim period through the time of their resignation, Paritz’s report did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to audit scope or accounting principles, except that the report contained an explanatory paragraph stating that there was substantial doubt about the registrant’s ability to continue as a going concern.
c.
The decision to dismiss Paritz and to engage Prager was approved by the registrant’s board of directors.
d.
Through the period covered by the financial audit for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 there have been no disagreements with Paritz on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of Paritz would have caused them to make reference thereto in their report on the financial statements. For the interim period through October 25, 2018 (the date of resignation), there have been no disagreements with Paritz on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements if not resolved to the satisfaction of Paritz would have caused them to make reference thereto in their report on the financial statements.
e.
We have authorized Paritz to respond fully to any inquiries of Prager.
f.
During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the interim period through October 25, 2018, there have been no reportable events between the registrant and Paritz as set forth in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
g.
The registrant provided a copy of the foregoing disclosures to Paritz prior to the date of the filing of this report and requested that Paritz furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities & Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements in this report. A copy of this letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1 in this Form 8-K.
2) New Independent Accountants:
a.
On October 25, 2018, the registrant engaged Prager Metis CPAs LLC, as its new registered independent public accountant. During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 and prior to October 25, 2018 (the date of the new engagement), we did not consult with Prager regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, (ii) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the registrant’s financial statements by Prager, in either case where written or oral advice provided by Prager would be an important factor considered by us in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issues or (iii) any other matter that was the subject of a disagreement between us and our former auditor or was a reportable event (as described in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) or Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K, respectively).
Item 9.01 – Exhibits
Exhibit 16.1 – Letter from Paritz & Company, P.A. regarding the change in certifying accountant.