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As a result, the budget deficit according to the treasury is higher than the one reported by the Ministry of Finance in the final indicators of the 2022 budget.
The tables of the actual budget of 2022, which were also approved by the Parliament of Albania, show that the total budget expenses were 667.1 billion ALL, but from the verification that the Supreme State Control (SCSC) made of the treasury system found that , the real bill of expenses registered was 696.8 billion ALL or 26.8 billion ALL (260 million euros) more than in the actual budget tables.
As a result, the budget deficit according to the treasury is higher than the one reported by the Ministry of Finance in the final indicators of the 2022 budget.
According to the actual budget, the budget deficit in 2022 was closed at -83.8 billion ALL, but in the treasury account, the budget deficit is -159.9 billion.
During the audit, the inspectors of the KLSH have compared the budget plan approved with Normative Act no. 19 last dated (29/12/2022), as well as the operational plan with the plan placed in the SIFQ (treasury system) for items according to fiscal indicators .
From the comparison of data, KLSH has evidenced that, from the budget plan approved at the end of the year, it is found that there are many differences with the plan charged to SIFQ (treasury) from the relevant structures as the case may be.
KLSH notes that the reports built and provided by the treasury for budget planning purposes are not used by the Budget Directorate as a way to check the accuracy of the details of the initial and then the operating budget, opportunities that the SIFQ system offers to make all possible registration controls up to the analyzes necessary for monitoring the implementation of the budget.
From the audit of the budget plan approved by Normative Act no. 19, dated 29.12.2022 and the operational plan according to the General Directorate of the Budget with the plan submitted to SIFQ for the items according to the fiscal indicators, the difference in almost all expenditure items has been determined at about 26.8 billion ALL (see the table below).
"The differences evidenced in the fiscal table generated by SIFQ with the one approved in the law are an indicator that the standardized reports and formats for uploading keys or budget detailing have not guaranteed the accuracy of the data," the report states.
The Budget Directorate at the Ministry of Finance has given some explanations to the HCSC regarding these differences which were not accepted by the HCSC experts who had provided the data both from the treasury and the Budget Directorate at the Ministry of Finance.
KLSH reported that the audit at the Ministry of Finance resulted in irregularities in terms of non-compliance with fiscal discipline, found in all phases of budget planning, execution and reporting, consisting of: reallocations for investment projects with internal financing without compliance the priority order in budgeting, mis-classification of investments, making commitments without budget funds, problems related to the process of detailing funds for reconstruction, detailing public investment projects with a normative act without passing to the PBA, the reduction of investment funds in the moment of concluding the contract and the reallocation of these funds towards projects with arrears./ Monitor
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