---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-26-101474"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ITP"
cik: "0001358190"
company_name: "IT TECH PACKAGING, INC."
filed_at: "2026-09-18T21:00:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-18T21:02:29.260208+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IT Tech Packaging auditor HCL resigns two weeks after engagement

## Summary
- HCL, PLLC resigned as independent auditor on Sept 16, 2026, effective immediately.
- HCL engaged Sept 2, 2026 to audit FY2025 financials; never issued an audit report.
- Company reports no disagreements or reportable events during HCL's engagement.
- No successor auditor engaged yet; company intends to appoint one promptly.
- HCL's letter to SEC filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-26-101474
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ITP
- cik: 0001358190
- company_name: IT TECH PACKAGING, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-09-18T21:00:28+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1358190/000121390026101474/0001213900-26-101474-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1358190/000121390026101474/ea0305978-8k_ittech.htm

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