---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001477932-23-002843"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001429393"
company_name: "Trutankless, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-16T16:00:06.532441+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Trutankless dismisses auditor M&K CPA's, engages Gries and Associates

## Summary
- Dismissed M&K CPA's as independent auditor on April 21, 2023, effective immediately.
- Engaged Gries and Associates as new independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022.
- No disagreements with M&K CPA's on accounting principles, financial disclosure, or audit scope.
- No reportable events under Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
- M&K CPA's provided a letter to the SEC agreeing with the company's statements (Exhibit 16.1).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001477932-23-002843
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001429393
- company_name: Trutankless, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429393/000147793223002843/0001477932-23-002843-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429393/000147793223002843/tkls_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001477932-23-002843.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Trutankless, Inc. engaged Gries and Associates, LLC as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Gries and Associates, LLC
  source text: On April 21, 2023, the Company engaged Gries and Associates, LLC (“Gries and Associates”) as its new independent registered public accounting firm beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429393/000147793223002843/0001477932-23-002843-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  Trutankless, Inc. dismissed M&K CPA's, PLLC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: M&K CPA's, PLLC
  source text: On April 21, 2023, Trutankless, Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed M&K CPA’s, PLLC (“M&K CPA’s”) as Independent Registered Public Accountants.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1429393/000147793223002843/0001477932-23-002843-index.htm

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