Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Attorney General
Consumer Protection and Charitable Trusts Division
Franchises
Part 5 - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Section R. 445.509 - Change in accountants
Current through Vol. 24-16, September 15, 2024
Rule 509. If the independent certified public accountant who has been engaged as the principal accountant to audit the franchisor's financial statements was not the principal accountant for the franchisor's most recently filed certified financial statements:
(a) The franchisor shall furnish the administrator with a statement of the date when the current independent accountant was engaged and whether, in the 18 months preceding the engagement, there were any disagreements with the former principal accountant on a matter of accounting principals or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing procedure, which, if not resolved to the satisfaction of the former accountant, would have caused that accountant to make reference in connection with its opinion to the subject matter of the disagreement.
(b) The franchisor shall request the former accountant to furnish the franchisor with a letter stating whether it agrees with statements contained in the letter of the franchisor and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree.
(c) The franchisor shall furnish such a letter to the administrator, together with its own.
