Section 248.2 - Filing of audit reports(a) Whenever any air carrier subject to § 248.1 shall have caused an annual audit of its books, records, and accounts to be made by independent public accountants, such air carrier shall file with the Office of Airline Information, in duplicate, a special report consisting of a true and complete copy of the audit report submitted by such independent public accountants, including all schedules, exhibits, and certificates included in, attached to, or submitted with or separately as a part of, the audit report.(b) Each air carrier subject to § 248.1 that does not cause an annual audit to be made of its books, records, and accounts for any fiscal year shall, at the close of such fiscal year file with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' (BTS) Office of Airline Information, as a part of its periodic reports, a statement that no such audit has been performed.(c) Carriers shall submit their audit reports or their statement that no audit was performed in a format specified in accounting and reporting directives issued by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Director of Airline Information.ER-1351, 48 FR 32756, July 19, 1983, as amended by ER-1362, 48 FR 46265, Oct. 12, 1983; 60 FR 66725, Dec. 26, 1995; 75 FR 41584 , July 16, 2010; Doc. No. DOT-OST-2014-0140, 84 FR 15932 , Apr. 16, 2019 Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 2138-0004