SAO focused on levying the duties after the accession of the Czech Republic into the EU
Press Release – December 19, 2007
Auditors from the Supreme Audit Office (SAO) focused on the duties and the part of the levied finances, which should be used to cover the expenses of the duty administration. The audited period extended from 2004 to 2006, including associated data from the previous time. The audited bodies were the Ministry of Finance (MF) and the General Directorate of Customs (GDC).
From May 2004 to the end of 2006, the state budget was in receipt of a deposit worth CZK 3,3 billion. “The audit confirmed that the Tax and Customs Files takes in the data, which are essential for the levy range determination and necessary for the customs administration as the European Union postulates,“ said František Dohnal, president of the SAO.
„The GDC broke the law when inadequately booked the earnings. Nor the ministry booked the earnings from the duty fraction,” said Dohnal. He added that since January 2006, the GDC had been incorporating tax and customs claims into their accountancy. During the enumeration on the date of December 31, 2006, the stocktaking balance was stroked.
“The financial resources destined for covering the expenses of the GDC are deposited to the state budget every month. The Ministry of Finance did not order the Czech Customs Administration to state an account for those deposits in spite the year-on-year account balance increased subsequently. The accounting earnings were included in the state budget chapter of the General Cash Administration, although these money are not tax gains,” said Dohnal.
The auditing operation was included in the 2007 Audit Plan of the SAO under No. 07/07. Eliška Kadaňová, Member of the SAO, controlled the operation and drew up the audit report as well.
Radka Burketová
Press Speaker
Supreme Audit Office