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Welcome to the Web site of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO), an independent institution which audits the management of state property and the performance of the national budget.

The status, the jurisdiction, the organizational structure and other details regarding the SAO shall be defined by Act No. 166/1993 Coll. concerning the Supreme Audit Office, of May 20th, 1993.

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The national registry of administrative buildings contains false data and lacks information on thousands of building

CRAB 30.6.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit that aimed at administrative buildings situated in Prague, which are owned and used by six selected ministries. Auditors scrutinized renting of office premises by the ministries and prices, which the ministries charged for leasing of their own office facilities. The audited period was from 2011 to 2013.

The Ministry of Health paid CZK 3.2 million for an unimplemented project’s preparations and termination

16.6.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of the Ministry of Health and its management within the period 2010–2013. Auditors scrutinized the Ministry’s management of assets, expenses in the amount of CZK 521 million, and costs of ICT technologies, travel expenses, gift and representation costs, and expenses on advisory, legal, and consultancy services.

Annual Report 2013

Annual report 2013 - cover 6.6.2014

President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman supports the idea of enlarging the SAO's auditing powers

24.4.2014 - On April 23, 2014, President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman welcomed Miloslav Kala, President of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO), at Prague Castle.

Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation lacks a functioning system of control; errors found in one-third of the projects

14.4.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) scrutinized funds utilized for implementation of the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation (OPEI), which aims at increasing the competitiveness of the Czech economy. Out of the Programme’s six priority axes, the SAO focused on priority axes 4 (“Innovation”) and 5 (“Environment for enterprise and innovation”).

Funds earmarked for the funding of projects implemented within the OP Cross-Border Cooperation the CR-Poland 2007-2013 (joint report NKU and NIK)

Cover of joint report of projects OP CBC CZ-PL 28.3.2014

The SAO representatives met with delegates from the SAI of Poland in Ostrava and in Opole on March 24–25, 2014

NIK President Krzysztof Kwiatkowski and President of SAO CR Miloslav Kala - Ostrava, 25.3.2014 27.3.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic (SAO) and the supreme audit institution (SAI) of Poland finished co-ordinated audit operations, which aimed at funds utilized for implementation of projects within the Operational Programme Cross-border Co-operation the Czech Republic – Poland 2007–2013.

Operational Programme Cross-border Cooperation CR – Poland: managing authorities made more errors than beneficiaries

25.3.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) audited funds utilized for implementation of the Operational Programme Cross-border Cooperation the Czech Republic – Poland within the period from 2007 to 2012. Among the audited bodies were the Ministry of Regional Development, the Centre for Regional Development, and 19 selected projects, which were implemented by 10 beneficiaries including regions, municipalities, state allowance organizations, and citizens associations.

Ministry of Finance unsuccessful in managing the foreign debt

Dollars 10.2.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) examined the procedures used by the Ministry of Finance to manage and recover the Czech Republic’s receivables of civilian nature. The amount of receivables exceeded CZK 122,000 million by the end of 1998.

Mrs. Hana Hykšová appointed a Member of the SAO Board

Mrs. Hana Hykšová, new Member of the SAO Board 6.2.2014 - The Board of the Supreme Audit Office is complete again: In today’s secret vote, Members of the Chamber of Deputies elected Mrs. Hana Hykšová to be 15th Member of the SAO’s Collegium. Out of 161 casted votes, 122 voted for her. Hana Hykšová will be sworn in by the President of the Chamber of Deputies.

Unpaid taxes increased by one third within three years; companies mostly owe VAT

Tax return form 3.2.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office performed an audit, which aimed at unpaid taxes and their collection within the period 2011–2012.

Costs of external legal and consulting services for the Ministry of the Environment increased by 100 % in two years

27.1.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of the Ministry of the Environment and its management within the period 2010–2012. Auditors scrutinized utilisation of the State budget funds and assets in the amount of CZK 133.6 million.

The SAO audited the national registers system: one register partially inoperative due to late implementation of related projects

13.1.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office scrutinized preparation, development, operation, and administration processes related to the implementation of the national registers information system and aimed specifically at two registers – the register of inhabitants and the register of rights and responsibilities of public authorities – which are supervised by the Ministry of the Interior.

The SAO audited the Fuel Combine Ústí and its management: serious errors were not found

6.1.2014 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) scrutinized the state enterprise Fuel Combine Ústí and its management within the audited period 2010–2012. The Fuel Combine Ústí aims at complex revitalizations of former mines and at effacing the impacts of mining activities. The Enterprise also liquidates old ecological burdens in previous oil and natural gas extraction sites in South Moravia. For example, mining localities Ležáky and Kohinoor, Kladno mines, and Eastern Bohemian coal mines come under the Fuel Combine Ústí, which was administering 534 main mining locations by the end of 2012.

The SAO scrutinized 2012 auxiliary analytical overview submitted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade

30.12.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office scrutinized the Ministry of Industry and Trade and focused on its 2012 auxiliary analytical overview and its compliance with the applicable legal regulations.

The Academy of Sciences violated own rules for granting subsidies

Logo of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 23.12.2013 - The SAO performed an audit at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR) and public research institutes established by the ASCR. Auditors focused on investments in development, maintenance, and purchases of special instruments made within the period from 2008 to 2013. Auditors scrutinized 108 individual construction works and seven purchases of special instruments.

The state administration forgave three quarters of penalties and fines for violations of budgetary regulations

Czech banknotes 2.12.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of the General Financial Directorate and penalties and fines imposed for violations of budgetary regulations during the audited period from 2011 to the end of the first quarter of 2013.

The SAO audited funds earmarked for the direct payments

Cows 25.11.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) scrutinized the system of direct payments and its functioning, the administration and control over applications, and providing of subsidies. The audited bodies were the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Agricultural Intervention Fund. Auditors selected 58 beneficiaries and focused on their adherence to legal regulations and conditions defined for awarding the subsidies.

Purposeless purchases of military equipment and machinery enabled by a lacking concept of the Ministry of Defence

18.11.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of state budget funds spent on purchases of military equipment and machinery for land and special military forces of the Czech Armed Forces. Auditors scrutinized 15 purchases with the total expenditures in the amount of CZK 5,800 million.

President of the SAO met with ambassadors from EU countries

Meeting with ambassadors of EU countries - Prague, 12.11.2013 14.11.2013 - On November 12, 2013, president of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) met with ambassadors of EU countries. The traditional meeting took place at the SAO’s headquarters in Prague. Among the attendees were also a representative of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the European Commission Representation in the Czech Republic.

The SAO audited management of the Office for the Protection of Competition

11.11.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) audited the Office for the Protection of Competition and the management of assets and State budget funds that the Office is responsible for. During the auditing operation, assets and funds in the amount over CZK 1,700 million were scrutinized.

Open procedures and dividing public works into separate lots help fight against corruption and excessive costs of construction services in Germany

7.11.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) together with the Bundesrechnungshof (BRH, the supreme audit institution of Germany) worked out a joint report on a parallel audit of public building procurements. Auditors aimed at public building procurements in both the countries and underlined the fight against corruption.

SAO audited the Central Purchasing Project

4.11.2013 - The aim of the Central Purchasing Project was to make the system of public purchases more effective and simpler as well as to reduce the costs. The auditors focused on the implementation of the system of central purchasing and on the assessment of the shown benefits.

XXI Congress of INTOSAI

31.10.2013 - From October 21 to October 26, 2013, a delegation of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) led by President of the SAO Mr. Miloslav Kala attended XXI Congress of International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI), which took place in Beijing, China.

Auditors met in Prague to discuss experience from audits aimed at the climate change

Participants of the 11th Annual EUROSAI WGEA Meeting - Prague, 15.10.2013 22.10.2013 - On October 14–17, 2013, the 11th Annual EUROSAI WGEA Meeting was organised at the headquarters of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) in Prague, Czech Republic. A training seminar on fraud and corruption took place the day prior to the annual EUROSAI WGEA Meeting.

Annual meeting of the Contact Committee in Lithuania

Contact Committee Group photo - Lithuania, Vilnius, October 2013 18.10.2013 - On October 10–11, 2013, the annual meeting of representatives of supreme audit institutions of EU countries and European Court of Auditors took place in Vilnius, Lithuania. On the meeting agenda were outcomes of working groups, which had been established by the Contact Committee, as well as new goals for the future period.

In the last three years Road and Motorway Directorate paid CZK 357 million for legal services

30.9.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office performed an audit of the Road and Motorway Directorate of the Czech Republic (RMD) and its management during the period from 2010 to March 2013. Auditors scrutinized expenditures of the general directorate, motorway divisions in Prague and Brno, and regional investment road administrations in Jihlava, Karlovy Vary, Pardubice, and Plzen. Auditors focused on costs of computer technologies, office materials, cleaning services, and legal advisory services and consultations.

The annual meeting of representatives from supreme audit institutions of the Visegrád Group, Austria, and Slovenia (V4+2)

From the left side: Presidents, Vice-president and delegates of SAIs of Slovenia, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia 25.9.2013 - On September 12–13, 2013, an annual meeting of representatives from the supreme audit institutions of Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic (V4+2) took place in Piran, Slovenia.

CZK 2,900 million spent on data boxes in period 2009–2012

23.9.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office performed an audit of funds spent on the purchase and operation of the system of data boxes, which had been provided and administered by the state enterprise Czech Post. The number of created data boxes amounted to 504,000 during the audited period 2009–2012. In 2012, the amount of sent messages amounted to 45 million and CZK 803 million was paid from the state budget for the service, which means that sending one message cost more than CZK 17 on average. Since 2013, the Czech Post has received CZK 500 million from the state budget for the system’s annual operation cost.

Final accounts of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs failed to give true and fair view of the subject of accounting

16.9.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and its final accounts, financial statements, and closing accounts submitted for the year 2012. The audit report states that 2012 final accounts of Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs failed to give true and fair view of the subject of accounting and the Ministry’s financial position as bad evidence amounted to CZK 11,000 million.

Report on EU Financial Management in the Czech Republic (EU Report 2013)

EU report 2013 11.9.2013

Through eight contract supplements, the MoLSA increased the cost of the new social allowance payment system by CZK 1,500 million

Logo of the Employment Office of the Czech Republic 9.9.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit that scrutinized costs and assets related to the Employment Office of the Czech Republic, which was created in April 2011 from the former 77 regional employment offices. Auditors aimed at the new informational system for payments of social allowances, which started its operation in 2012 in relation to centralisation of non-insurance payments by the Employment Office of the Czech Republic.

The SAO audited 2012 final accounts of the Ministry of Education

2.9.2013 - The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) performed an audit of the Ministry of Education and its closing accounts, recordkeeping, and financial statements submitted for the year 2012. The audit also aimed at the compliance with legal regulations. The SAO concluded that balance accounts of the Ministry for the year 2012 included bad records in the amount of CZK 90 million.