Form 8-K

8-K — SurgePays, Inc.

Accession: 0001493152-26-042938

Filed: 2026-09-16

Period: 2026-09-11

CIK: 0001392694

SIC: 4813 (TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE))

Item: Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

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UNITED

STATES

SECURITIES

AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington,

D.C. 20549

FORM

8-K

CURRENT

REPORT

PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date

of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 11, 2026

SURGEPAYS,

INC.

(Exact

name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

001-40992

98-0550352

(State

or other jurisdiction

incorporation)

(Commission

File

Number)

(IRS

Employer

Identification

No.)

3124

Brother Blvd., Suite 104

Bartlett,

TN 38133

(Address

of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s

telephone number, including area code: (901) 302-9587

(Former

name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check

the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under

any of the following provisions:

☐

Written

communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

☐

Soliciting

material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐

Pre-commencement

communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities

registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title

of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name

of each exchange on which registered

Common

Stock

SURG

The

Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC

Indicate

by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405

of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging

growth company ☐

an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying

with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item

4.01. Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.

Independent Accounting Firm

(i)

On September 16, 2026, SurgePays, Inc. (the “Company”) notified TAAD LLP (the “Former Accounting Firm”)

of its dismissal as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

(ii)

The reports of the Former Accounting Firm on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025

(the Former Accounting Firm did not render a report on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December

31, 2024), contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or

accounting principles except as set forth in subparagraph (iii) below.

(iii)

The report of the Former Accounting Firm on the Company’s financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2025,

contained an explanatory paragraph which noted that there was substantial doubt as to the Company’s ability to continue as a going

concern.

(iv)

The Company’s Audit Committee approved the dismissal of the Former Accounting Firm.

(v)

During the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and during the interim period through September 16, 2026, there (i) have been no disagreements

with the Former Accounting Firm on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope

or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of the Former Accounting Firm, would have caused the Former Accounting

Firm to make reference to the subject matter of such disagreements in its reports on the financial statements for such years, and (ii)

were no reportable events of the kind referenced in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

(vi)

The Company provided the Former Accounting Firm a copy of this Current Report on Form 8-K prior to filing and requested that the

Former Accounting Firm furnish it with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the

disclosures the Company is making in response to Item 304(a) of Reg. S-K, and, if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree.

A copy of the letter from the Former Accounting Firm will be filed by amendment to this Current Report once received.

New

Independent Accounting Firm

September 11, 2026, the Company engaged Sadler, Gibb & Associates, LLC (the “New Accounting Firm”) as its independent

registered public accounting firm. The Company has not consulted with the New Accounting Firm during our two most recent fiscal years

or during the subsequent interim period through September 11, 2026, regarding (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified

transaction, either completed or proposed; (ii) the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on our financial statements, and

neither a written report was provided to us nor oral advice was provided that the New Accounting Firm concluded was an important factor

considered by the Company in reaching a decision as to an accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (iii) any matter

that was either the subject of disagreement (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) or a reportable

event (within the meaning of Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).

SIGNATURES

Pursuant

to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by

the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

SURGEPAYS,

INC.

Date:

September 16, 2026

By:

/s/

Kevin Brian Cox

Name:

Kevin

Brian Cox

Title:

Chief

Executive Officer

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