| Item 4.01. | Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant. |
| | (a) | Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
On June 11, 2021, Bogota Financial Corp. (the “Company”) notified Crowe LLP (“Crowe”) of its dismissal as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to dismiss Crowe was approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. The dismissal was not related to any disagreements with Crowe on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.
The audit reports of Crowe on the consolidated financial statements of the Company for each of the past two fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principles.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the subsequent interim period from January 1, 2021 through June 11, 2021: (i) there were no disagreements with Crowe on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures which, if not resolved to Crowe’s satisfaction, would have caused Crowe to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreement in connection with its reports, and (ii) there were no “reportable events” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Before filing this Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC, the Company provided Crowe with a copy of the disclosures contained in this Item 4.01(a) and requested that Crowe issue a letter, addressed to the SEC, stating whether Crowe agrees with the statements contained in this Item 4.01(a). A copy of Crowe’s letter dated June 16, 2021, addressed to the SEC, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
| | (b) | Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
On June 14, 2021, the Company engaged S.R. Snodgrass, P.C. (“Snodgrass”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. The selection of Snodgrass was approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors.
During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the subsequent interim period from January 1, 2021 through June 14, 2021, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with Snodgrass regarding either (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that Snodgrass concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement” (as defined in SEC Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(iv)) or a “reportable event” (as defined in SEC Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)).
