---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001548123-23-000009"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HSTI"
cik: "0001365388"
company_name: "High Sierra Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-02-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-19T23:56:41.574133+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# High Sierra Technologies dismisses Pinnacle as auditor, appoints TAAD LLP

## Summary
- Dismissed Pinnacle Accountancy Group effective Dec 29, 2022; no disagreements in past two fiscal years.
- Appointed TAAD, LLP as new independent auditor effective Feb 1, 2023.
- Pinnacle's reports included going concern explanatory paragraph but no adverse opinion.
- No prior consultations with TAAD regarding accounting principles or disagreements.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001548123-23-000009
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HSTI
- cik: 0001365388
- company_name: High Sierra Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-02-06T23:59:59+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/1365388/000154812323000009/0001548123-23-000009-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365388/000154812323000009/hsti8k122922.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001548123-23-000009.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  High Sierra Technologies, Inc. dismissed Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah, a dba of Heaton & Co., PLLC as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah, a dba of Heaton & Co., PLLC
  source text: On December 29, 2022, High Sierra Technologies, Inc. (the “Company”) sent a letter to Pinnacle Accountancy Group of Utah, a dba of Heaton & Co., PLLC (“Pinnacle”) dismissing Pinnacle as the Company’s independent registered accounting firm, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365388/000154812323000009/0001548123-23-000009-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  High Sierra Technologies, Inc. engaged TAAD, LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: TAAD, LLP
  source text: On February 1, 2023, the Company appointed TAAD, LLP (“TAAD”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1365388/000154812323000009/0001548123-23-000009-index.htm

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