---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-25-009038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JVA"
cik: "0001007019"
company_name: "COFFEE HOLDING CO INC"
filed_at: "2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T12:32:15.424103+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Coffee Holding Co. replaces auditor Marcum with CBIZ CPAs after Marcum acquisition

## Summary
- Marcum resigned Feb 26, 2025 due to CBIZ CPAs acquiring its attest business; new auditor is CBIZ CPAs P.C.
- Audit committee engaged CBIZ CPAs for fiscal year ending October 31, 2025, effective immediately.
- Prior Marcum reports for FY 2024 and 2023 contained no adverse opinions except a going-concern emphasis for FY 2023.
- No auditor disagreements occurred; material weaknesses remain in inventory, system access, contract accounting, and year-end close processes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-25-009038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JVA
- cik: 0001007019
- company_name: COFFEE HOLDING CO INC
- filed_at: 2025-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007019/000149315225009038/0001493152-25-009038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007019/000149315225009038/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  Marcum LLP resigned as auditor of COFFEE HOLDING CO INC.
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: Marcum LLP
  - Successor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: ovember 1, 2024, CBIZ CPAs P.C. acquired the attest business of Marcum LLP (“Marcum”). On February 26, 2025, Coffee Holding
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007019/000149315225009038/0001493152-25-009038-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  COFFEE HOLDING CO INC engaged CBIZ CPAs P.C. as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: CBIZ CPAs P.C.
  source text: CBIZ CPAs P.C. was engaged as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1007019/000149315225009038/0001493152-25-009038-index.htm

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