INTERNAL CONTROL RPT 4 internalcontrolreport.htm INTERNAL CONTROL LETTER

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

Shareholders and Board of Trustees

GraniteShares ETF Trust

New York, New York

 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of GraniteShares Bloomberg Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF, GraniteShares HIPS US High Income ETF, GraniteShares Nasdaq Select Disruptors ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long BABA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long META Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long AAPL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long COIN Daily ETF, GraniteShares 1.25x Long TSLA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short NVDA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long TSLA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short TSLA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long AMD Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long AMZN Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long MSFT Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short COIN Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long PLTR Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long UBER Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long MU Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long TSM Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long CRWD Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long SMCI Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long QCOM Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long DELL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long INTC Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long MARA Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long MRVL Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long IONQ Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long VRT Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long RDDT Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long LCID Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long RIVN Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Long MSTR Daily ETF, GraniteShares 2x Short MSTR Daily ETF, GraniteShares YieldBOOST TSLA ETF, GraniteShares YieldBOOST QQQ ETF, GraniteShares YieldBOOST SPY ETF, GraniteShares YieldBOOST NVDA ETF and GraniteShares YieldBOOST Bitcoin ETF, each a series of shares of GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”) as of and for the year ended June 30, 2025, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered their internal control over financial reporting, including control activities for 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 Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

The management of the Trust 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 company’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. A company’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 company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

Because of 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.

 

 
 

 

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Shareholders and Board of Trustees

 

GraniteShares ETF Trust

 

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 company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

 

Our consideration of the Trust’s 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 Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls for safeguarding securities, which we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above, as of June 30, 2025.

 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management, Shareholders and Board of Trustees of GraniteShares ETF Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

 

 
  TAIT WELLER & BAKER, LLP

 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

August 29, 2025