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ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001162044-23-000952
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230630
FILED AS OF DATE: 20230911
DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230911
EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230911
FILER:
COMPANY DATA:
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: DSS AMERICAFIRST QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001539996
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
FILING VALUES:
FORM TYPE: N-CEN
SEC ACT: 1940 Act
SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22669
FILM NUMBER: 231247250
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 9700 VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE
STREET 2: SUITE 50-N
CITY: GRANITE BAY
STATE: CA
ZIP: 95746
BUSINESS PHONE: 916-757-6862
MAIL ADDRESS:
STREET 1: 9700 VILLAGE CENTER DRIVE
STREET 2: SUITE 50-N
CITY: GRANITE BAY
STATE: CA
ZIP: 95746
FORMER COMPANY:
FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAFIRST QUANTITATIVE FUNDS
DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20120119
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8000 Town Centre Drive, Suite 400
Broadview Heights
44147
440-922-0066
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38 Fountain Square Plaza
Cincinnati
45263
614-744-5314
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30 Old Kings Highway South
Darien
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877-217-8501
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INTERNAL CONTROL RPT
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of DSS AmericaFirst Defensive Growth Fund, DSS AmericaFirst
Large Cap Share Buyback Fund, DSS AmericaFirst Monthly Risk-On Risk-Off Fund,
and DSS AmericaFirst Income Fund and the Board of Trustees of DSS AmericaFirst
Quantitative Funds.
In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of DSS
AmericaFirst Quantitative Funds comprising DSS AmericaFirst Defensive Growth
Fund, DSS AmericaFirst Large Cap Share Buyback Fund, DSS AmericaFirst Monthly
Risk-On Risk-Off Fund, and DSS AmericaFirst Income Fund (the "Funds") as of and
for the year ended June 30, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the
Funds' internal control over financial reporting, including controls over
safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for
the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply
with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining
effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this
responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the
expected benefits and related costs of controls. A fund's internal control over
financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of
financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles (GAAP). A fund's internal control over financial
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit
preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts
and expenditures of the fund are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and Trustees of the fund; and (3) provide
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a fund's assets that could have a material
effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting
may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance
with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design
or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal
course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such
that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the
Funds' annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected
on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting was
for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not
necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material
weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no
deficiencies in the Funds' internal control over financial reporting and its
operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to
be a material weakness as defined above as of June 30, 2023.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the
Board of Trustees of the Funds and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is
not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
/S/ COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 30, 2023