CHARGES FOR AUDIT

Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 19, 22 July 1932, Page 9

CHARGES FOR AUDIT

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DEPARTMENT'S CASE

Beplying to- a request;that :the Audit Department, should reduce its, scale of charges, the ;Auditor-General iifprmed | the Auckland' Education Board on Wednesday that the scale was fixed by the Government and was outside the scope of.the Department, states the "New i Zealand Herald." . .': ■:

"As the scale, is. fixed bjr.Order-in-Couricil under statutory direction, the question of;. any reduction in scale charges is ione which concerns the Government' ratlier thai, the. Audit Officej" stated the.: Auditor-General'si ; letter. "However, the office is, of opinion^ that the present scale of .£'33s a day, inclusive, of travelling expenses, is a reasonable one, and'you i. may not. lie aware that the' rate! fixed; by the New Zealand Society of "Accountants for the audits carried; out by its; members is AX. 7s a day, exclusive of travelling and other expenses.;" ', .';, . ■"."'':

, Mr. S. B. Sims; "They; do twice ttie work."..'. -~— •■■■' ' . ;■:;!; . ,-.„'. :■' !.; '

The chairman, Mr. A. BuriiSy said it appeared that the 10 per cent, .cut obtained everywhere.. except . for : audit .charges. .... ... \-

The secretary, Mr. D- -W» Diinlop, said the-board's balance-sheet had been retnrned with a "tag" requiring tho production of receipts for moneys paid to school committees. Bank lodgment slips were not considered sufficient quittance.

"I would like to seethe; balancesheet, clear, ;as it, is -correct' in every other way," said Mr. Burns. ../;

Mr- Sims: "No balance-sheet is complete without;a 'tag.'"" , x , ; It was decided to inform school committees to forward receipts for moneys paid into their accounts. / , ;

- "It is .useless running against the Audit Department; they are supremo," said Mr.. Burns..