Published September 26, 2025
About This Audit
A compliance audit was conducted on The Fell Township Firefighters Relief Association in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, for January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2024. The audit aimed to assess whether the association had rectified a previous audit’s finding regarding their failure to maintain a Pennsylvania Sales Tax Exemption Number and to ensure compliance with state laws and procedures regarding state aid and fund expenditures. The audit concluded the association had not taken appropriate corrective action on past findings and failed to comply significantly with state requirements, threatening their future state aid. Key findings included the failure to maintain a valid tax exemption number since 2008 and lack of regular association meetings. The audit team discussed the findings with relief association management, whose responses were incorporated into the report. This is an automated summary. Please rely on the contents included in the released audit report.