---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001662991-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SEZL"
cik: "0001662991"
company_name: "Sezzle Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:29:47.269635+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sezzle dismisses Baker Tilly, engages PwC as new auditor; notes material weakness in internal controls

## Summary
- Dismissed Baker Tilly as auditor on March 16, 2026; Audit Committee approved both dismissal and engagement of PwC.
- Baker Tilly's audit report on internal controls for FY2025 noted a material weakness related to classification of note receivable cash flows.
- No disagreements with Baker Tilly on accounting principles; only reportable event was the previously disclosed material weakness.
- PwC engagement for FY2026 subject to standard client acceptance; no prior consultations on accounting or audit matters.
- Baker Tilly's opinion on financial statements for FY2025 and FY2024 was unqualified.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001662991-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SEZL
- cik: 0001662991
- company_name: Sezzle Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-20T23:59:59+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/1662991/000166299126000036/0001662991-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299126000036/sezl-20260316.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001662991-26-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001662991-26-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001662991-26-000036.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 39b3760c0e45f0414eb56ee39130e9929f4a1f92
  claim: Sezzle Inc. engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: (b) Engagement of New Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On March 16, 2026, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2026, subject to PwC’s completion of its standard client acceptance procedures.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299126000036/0001662991-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: 4c64a8dc2d74d9785b5b7f4948241e12e71e5311
  claim: Sezzle Inc. dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP as its auditor.
  evidence_excerpt: Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant (a) Dismissal of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm On March 16, 2026, Sezzle Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed Baker Tilly US, LLP (“Baker Tilly”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1662991/000166299126000036/0001662991-26-000036-index.htm

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