Forian Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant, Financial Statements and Exhibits

Based on information provided by Marcum LLP (“Marcum”), the independent registered public accounting firm of Forian Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), CBIZ CPAs P.C. (“CBIZ”) acquired the attest business of Marcum, effective November 1, 2024. Marcum continued to serve as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm through April 24, 2025. On April 24, 2025, the Company dismissed Marcum as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm and, with the approval of the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, engaged CBIZ as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025.

The reports of Marcum on the Company’s financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.

During the Company’s two most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the subsequent interim period through April 24, 2025, there were no (1) disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Company and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of such a disagreement in connection with its audit reports on the Company’s financial statements for such years, or (2) reportable events (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except for (i) the material weakness relating to the design of our general information technology controls surrounding logical access, change management, and vendor application management, which was identified in connection with the Company’s preparation of its financial statements for the for the year ended December 31, 2023 and remediated as of December 31, 2024, (ii) the material weakness relating to the lack of properly designed controls to validate the accuracy and appropriateness of payables transactions and prevent the possibility of fraudulent or fictitious payments, which was identified in connection with the Company’s preparation of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and (iii) the material weakness relating to our failure to design, implement and maintain effective controls over revenue recognized for certain contracts relating to the proper application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), specifically our failure to maintain effective controls relating to accounting for fixed minimum payments in contracts with variable revenues based on customer sales, which was identified in connection with the Company’s preparation of its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024, and which led to the restatement of the Company’s audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 and the unaudited financial statements for the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 and through April 24, 2025, neither the Company nor anyone on its behalf consulted with CBIZ regarding (1) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company's financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Company that CBIZ concluded was an important factor considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (2) any matter that was either the subject of a disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable event (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

The Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures it is making in this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to its filing and requested, in accordance with applicable practices, that Marcum furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether or not it agrees with the statements made herein. Attached as Exhibit 16.1 is a copy of Marcum’s letter, dated April 28, 2025, stating that it agrees with such statements.

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