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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-22-029355"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HQI"
cik: "0001140102"
company_name: "HireQuest, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-12-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T02:22:17.177364+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# HireQuest dismisses Plante & Moran, appoints FORVIS as auditor for FY2023

## Summary
- Dismissed Plante & Moran effective after 2022 audit; no disagreements in 2020-2021.
- Material weakness in internal controls existed as of Dec 31, 2021; company remediating.
- Audit Committee appointed FORVIS as independent auditor for FY2023, contingent on client acceptance.
- No prior consultations with FORVIS on accounting matters or disagreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-22-029355
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HQI
- cik: 0001140102
- company_name: HireQuest, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774922029355/0001437749-22-029355-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774922029355/hqi20201008_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  HireQuest, Inc. engaged FORVIS, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: FORVIS, LLP
  source text: the Audit Committee approved the engagement of FORVIS, LLP (“FORVIS”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the Company's year ending December 31, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774922029355/0001437749-22-029355-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  HireQuest, Inc. dismissed Plante & Moran, PLLC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Plante & Moran, PLLC
  - Successor: FORVIS, LLP
  source text: O n December 19, 2022 the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the "Audit Committee") of HireQuest, Inc. (the "Company") with the assistance of management dismissed Plante & Moran, PLLC ("Plante Moran") as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1140102/000143774922029355/0001437749-22-029355-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.