Information from the accounting and budget of the Czech Statistical Office for 2025 is considered reliable, as are the figures in the final account
PRESS RELEASE ON AUDIT NO 25/16 – 3 August 2026
The Supreme Audit Office (SAO) reviewed the data in the closing account, accounting, and financial statements of the Czech Statistical Office (CSO) for the year 2025. The auditors also focused on the information that the CSO submitted for the evaluation of state budget implementation. The closing account of the CSO contained no material irregularities.
As the audit began during the 2025 fiscal year, the CSO was able to correct the shortcomings identified by the auditors. Had these corrections not been made, the shortcomings would have had a significant impact on both the financial statements (in the amount of CZK 613 million) and the data used to evaluate the implementation of the state budget (in the amount of CZK 75 million). Following these corrections, the CSO prepared financial statements that, in SAO’s opinion, present a true and fair view of the subject of the accounting. The information used to evaluate the implementation of the state budget is considered reliable as well.
Furthermore, the auditors found that the CSO violated budgetary rules by failing to transfer unused funds to the state budget from the reserve fund of two completed and already financially settled projects. According to the SAO, these findings indicate a breach of budgetary discipline amounting to CZK 3.9 million.
As of the date the audit was concluded, no material shortcomings were found in the audited areas of the CSO’s internal control system. However, the system had failed to identify a number of systemic shortcomings before the commencement of the audit.
Communication Department
Supreme Audit Office