In the three decades of its existence, the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) has carried out 1,113 audits with 12,066 auditees and examined state property and finances worth CZK 6.3 trillion.
On Wednesday, September 20, Mr Radek Rychnovský, a new Member of the SAO Board, took the oath to the Chairwoman of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, and thus assumed his position.
Purchases of external services without assessing their economic efficiency; non-fulfilment of research intentions; overestimated number of users of technical standards and expensive sponsored access to them; payment of wages instead of salaries.
On Wednesday, September 13, the deputies elected Mr Radek Rychnovský a new Member of the SAO Board by secret ballot. 100 deputies out of 166, who were present at the election, voted for him.
In 2022, the Czech Republic continued the trend of being the fastest-rising indebted country, reaching the fifth highest inflation rate in the EU, and experiencing the most significant decline in real wages in Czech history.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on the funds earmarked for the preservation and restoration of cultural monuments distributed by the Ministry of Culture between 2019 and 2022.
The Ministry of Health distributed extraordinary contributions of CZK 4.8 billion to three directly managed university hospitals to discharge the debts, for renumeration for workers at risk of COVID-19 and for the operation of a backup field hospital in Prague – Letňany, without monitoring their use.
The Supreme Audit Office audited the data of the closing account, bookkeeping and financial statements of the Ministry of Agriculture for the year 2022.
A total of CZK 843.3 million earmarked by the end of 2022 to support fisheries in the Czech Republic from the OP "Fisheries 2014-2020" was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture efficiently, economically and in accordance with legal regulations.
The Supreme Audit Office audited data of the closing account, bookkeeping and preparation of the financial statements of the State Office for Nuclear Safety for the year 2022.
The Supreme Audit Office focused on funds provided by the Ministry of Industry and Trade for institutional support of research organisations between the years 2018 and 2022.
On June 20th 2023, President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel appointed Jan Málek to the post of the Vice President of the Supreme Audit Office.
When examining state funds related to the competence of state authorities in the field of gambling and the efficiency of the administration of taxes collected from these games, the auditors of the Supreme Audit Office found that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) did not provide information support for the efficient administration of the gambling tax, the control of tax returns of the operators of these games nor for supervision.
On Wednesday 31 May 2023, Members of the Chamber of Deputies elected Mr Jan Málek, former member of the Board of the Office, as the new Vice-President of the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) by secret ballot.
The Supreme Audit Office verified how the Ministry of Finance, the General Financial Directorate and three selected tax offices handled state funds earmarked for paying out the compensation bonus, particularly to self-employed persons, who were banned or restricted by the State to carry out their business activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic between the years 2020 and 2022.
The Supreme Audit Office verified how the Ministry of Regional Development, the Ministry of the Interior and nine selected beneficiaries spent funds from the European Union and the state budget earmarked to increase the preparedness for addressing and managing risks and disasters.
The Supreme Audit Office examined how the Ministry of Defence handled State budget funds earmarked for automobiles of the Army of the Czech Republic between the years 2018 and 2022.
The SAO reviewed the modernisation of the D1 motorway on a 160.8 km long section between the towns Mirošovice and Kývalka, which was to bring improvements in safety and comfort for users.
The SAO audited how the Ministry of the Environment and the Agency for Nature and Landscape Protection managed State and European Union funds intended for nature and landscape conservation and care between 2019 and 2021.
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) issued its annual report for 2022. Apart from summarising the findings of 33 audits, it also describes the main problems in the management of public funds in the Czech Republic.
