2 million euros in damage from administrative violations - Ministry of Finance audit report. What are the most problematic areas?
Public institutions have committed financial violations that have caused damage of 2 million euros to the state budget.
Referring to the report on Public Internal Financial Control of the Ministry of Finance, during 2024, a total of 7,256 findings related to procedural violations, deviations and weaknesses in the public property administration systems, procurement, payments, rewards, asset management, the tax system, as well as in other relevant areas of activity of public entities were identified.
Internal audit, although not primarily responsible for detecting all violations, plays an important role in identifying systemic weaknesses and irregularities that may have financial consequences for public institutions.
During the exercise of its activities, internal audit has identified a number of findings that have had a direct or indirect impact on the state budget, including mismanagement of funds, lack of effective internal controls, and incomplete implementation of legal and financial procedures.
In reporting results, internal auditors have paid special attention to violations of financial discipline, with negative effects on the budget.
The structure of the negative financial effect caused identifies the largest specific weight, at around 31.3%, in the tax and customs system, also at around 29.2%, other items according to the areas of responsibility of the public unit, in the salaries, bonuses and commissions system at around 9.45%.
Specifically, the damage found in the tax system is around 60 million lek, in salaries and bonuses 18 million lek, in procurement, purchases and investments 16.4 million lek, in property and asset administration, 14.7 million lek, and in privatizations, sales and leasing 15.9 million lek.
For the value of the negative effect caused, recovery of the amount and follow-up of collection until full compensation has been requested.
These findings indicate the need to strengthen control and accountability mechanisms in public administration, with the aim of protecting and using public funds fairly.
In addition to recovery requests, attention has been paid to providing recommendations for strengthening controls and procedures in order to prevent the recurrence of these cases in the future.
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