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Audit Findings

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Findings Subtotals:

Unlawful or Unallowable Spending:
$2,476,953,079

Increased Revenue:
$88,587,403

Savings and Cost-Cutting:
$2,027,431,745

Assisting Other Agencies

The Controller also works closely with state and local agencies to provide fiscal guidance and develop programs and procedures to ensure that fraud, waste and abuse of taxpayer dollars can be prevented or detected quickly.

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Controller John Chiang's Audit Programs - Protecting Your Tax Dollars

Guarding Taxpayer Dollars at All Levels of Government.....

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The Controller’s Audit Authority...

  • Is provided for in the State Constitution
  • Is the only one that is independent of both the Administration and the Legislature;
  • Is directed at ensuring that taxpayer dollars spent at the State and local level are free of fraud, waste and abuse;
  • Has produced findings that have resulted in the denial of payment of unallowable claims, the return of incorrectly spent funds or additional revenues (Please see the tax dollars impact graphic at the right of this page.);
  • Ensures that independent auditors performing annual financial and compliance audits of school districts and local governments comply with professional audit standards and ensures that findings are addressed;
  • Includes a team of expert auditors, many of whom are Certified Public Accountants, who perform their work to the highest professional auditing standards.

A Message about Audits from Controller John Chiang 

Links to Audit and Oversight Reports, and More Information

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