HOA Financial Integrity & Audits, Tax Compliance for Community Associations, Governance, Risk, and Owner Oversight

🧾 A Forensic Accountant’s Letter to 175 East Delaware Place HOA Owners – and the Public

Feb 2 026
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An independent forensic review of 175 East Delaware Place HOA concludes that owners have not consistently received accurate, decision-useful information about the building’s true financial condition and long‑term risks. Drawing on more than a decade of the Association’s own financial statements, audits, reserve studies, tax returns, and board records, the analysis identifies audit presentations that understated reserve and capital obligations, serious auditor-independence and audit-quality concerns, and federal and state tax filings that, in the author’s opinion, misapplied key community-association tax rules and understated taxable income. The letter also documents how unreconciled management-company financial statements were downplayed, why the mid‑contract termination of the Association’s auditor is significant, and what these findings mean for roughly 700 owners in terms of financial, market, and governance risk — along with concrete steps owners can take now.

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