Results of ISAC for 2024

The sustainable development of the economy is influenced not only by systemic control and the introduction of modern methods of auditing public finances, but also by the rational use of budgetary funds, as well as financial transparency. The latter also contributes to the growth of citizens' confidence in the country's budget system.

The Internal State Audit Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2024 completed all the main tasks, the results of which are presented in the illustration material.

During the year, a set of measures was implemented aimed at strengthening the transparency of public finances. So, in 2024, the Committee conducted 1,740 inspections with a total budget coverage of more than 9 trillion tenge. Checks established financial violations for 340.9 billion tenge.

In total, financial violations were eliminated by 271.5 billion tenge, which is 80% of their total volume.

Transparency in public procurement is a key principle that helps ensure the effective use of budgetary funds and prevent corruption. Therefore, the office control was checked purchases for 16.7 trillion tenge. As a result, violations of 1.2 trillion tenge were prevented.

In 54 cases, financial response measures were taken with the suspension of expenditure operations. 100 materials worth 26.3 billion tenge were transferred to law enforcement agencies, criminal cases were initiated on 57 of them. 1,483 officials were disciplined. More than 12 thousand administrative cases were initiated in the amount of 1.3 billion tenge.

An illustrative example was the successful launch of the departmental module "Online Budget Monitoring," which helps to quickly identify and prevent the risks of unreasonable budget payments. 965 objects have been subjected to this financial monitoring tool, for which risky payments of illegal payments under the guise of salaries totaling 4.1 billion tenge have been established. Risks are confirmed by 1.5 billion tenge.

In addition, the Committee for 2024 held 607 electronic audit activities covering 191.9 billion tenge, which established violations of the law in the amount of 92 billion tenge.

The Committee will continue the course of digitalization of the audit, the development of new methods and tools in order to improve the efficiency of financial control, prompt response and rational use of budgetary funds and state assets.