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This excerpt taken from the QSFT 10-K filed Dec 7, 2007.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting for Revenue

Our management identified the following material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting for revenue as of December 31, 2006:

Our management identified control deficiencies that resulted in material adjustments to revenue and deferred revenue accounts for the periods from 2000 to 2006. Management has evaluated the control deficiencies that resulted in these adjustments and has concluded that these control deficiencies in the aggregate constitute a material weakness in the internal controls over financial reporting for revenue as of December 31, 2006. Management believes that the Company did not staff a sufficient number of suitably experienced personnel and did not design or implement adequate controls to ensure that revenue and deferred revenue accounts were properly accounted for and reported over the periods from December 2000 to December 2006. More specifically, the control deficiencies that management concluded in the aggregate constitute a material weakness in the design and operating effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting for revenue can be categorized as follows:

 

  (1) The Company lacked a control to adequately monitor the revenue recognition resulting from automated financial system calculations for its high volume of transactions. This resulted in the system’s incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

  (2) The Company did not staff suitably experienced personnel to ensure compliance with revenue recognition rules. As such, incorrect interpretations of certain complex orders resulted in improper applications of existing accounting literature contained in SOP 97-2 and related Technical Practice Aids. This resulted in incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

  (3) The Company did not design and implement certain controls nor adequately staff revenue recognition personnel to ensure revenue recognition policies were sufficiently documented and communicated consistently to both domestic and international locations. This resulted in incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

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This excerpt taken from the QSFT 10-Q filed Dec 7, 2007.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting for Revenue

Our management identified the following material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting for revenue as of June 30, 2006:

Our management identified control deficiencies that resulted in material adjustments to revenue and deferred revenue accounts for the periods from 2000 to 2006. Management has evaluated the control deficiencies that resulted in these adjustments and has concluded that these control deficiencies in the aggregate constitute a material weakness in the internal controls over financial reporting for revenue as of June 30, 2006. Management believes that the Company did not staff a sufficient number of suitably experienced personnel

 

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and did not design or implement adequate controls to ensure that revenue and deferred revenue accounts were properly accounted for and reported over the periods from December 2000 to June 2006. More specifically, the control deficiencies that management concluded in the aggregate constitute a material weakness in the design and operating effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting for revenue can be categorized as follows:

 

  (1) The Company lacked a control to adequately monitor the revenue recognition resulting from automated financial system calculations for its high volume of transactions. This resulted in the system’s incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

  (2) The Company did not staff suitably experienced personnel to ensure compliance with revenue recognition rules. As such, incorrect interpretations of certain complex orders resulted in improper applications of existing accounting literature contained in SOP 97-2 and related Technical Practice Aids. This resulted in incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

  (3) The Company did not design and implement certain controls nor adequately staff revenue recognition personnel to ensure revenue recognition policies were sufficiently documented and communicated consistently to both domestic and international locations. This resulted in incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.
This excerpt taken from the QSFT 10-Q filed Dec 7, 2007.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting for Revenue

Our management identified the following material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting for revenue as of September 30, 2006:

Our management identified control deficiencies that resulted in material adjustments to revenue and deferred revenue accounts for the periods from 2000 to 2006. Management has evaluated the control deficiencies that resulted in these adjustments and has determined that these control deficiencies in the aggregate constitute a material weakness in the internal controls over financial reporting for revenue as of September 30, 2006. Management believes that the Company did not staff a sufficient number of suitably experienced personnel and did not design or implement adequate controls to ensure that revenue and deferred revenue accounts were properly accounted for and reported over the periods from December 2000 through September 2006. More specifically, the control deficiencies that management concluded in the aggregate constitute a material weakness in the design and operating effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting for revenue can be categorized as follows:

 

  1. The Company lacked a control to adequately monitor the revenue recognition resulting from automated financial system calculations for its high volume of transactions. This resulted in the system’s incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

  2. The Company did not staff suitably experienced personnel to ensure compliance with revenue recognition rules. As such, incorrect interpretations of certain complex orders resulted in improper applications of existing accounting literature contained in SOP 97-2 and related Technical Practice Aids. This resulted in incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

  3. The Company did not design and implement certain controls nor adequately staff revenue recognition personnel to ensure revenue recognition policies were sufficiently documented and communicated consistently to both domestic and international locations. This resulted in incorrect recognition of revenue across numerous reporting periods between 2000 and 2006.

 

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