INACCURACY OF VOUCHERS.
LAXITY OF STATE OFFICES. [BY TELEGRAPH—SPECIAL COKRESPOXDENT. ] WELLINGTON. Wednesday. In a report laid upon the table of the House, the Auditor-General calls attention to a laxity in relation to sundry Departmental vouchers. He states that certifying and approving officers fail to realise that the primary responsibility for the accuracy of vouchers is imposed upon them by law. and that no matter what obligations may devolve upon other officers with regard to these vouchers at later stages, no' exoneration can reasonably be expected for initial laxity or inaccuracy. Not only have the essential particulars not always been verified by various Departmental officers, but the officers concerned have sometimes been quite unaware of where, or when, or whether services were rendered or good*? supplied. Yet to the accuracy of the claims they have pledged their names. To look to the audit to counteract such neglect, states the AuditorGeneral, is opposed to every conception of business common sense. He adds that no system of accountancy can secure immunity from fraud, unless the fundamen- , tal work is conscientiously performed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16595, 19 July 1917, Page 4
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178INACCURACY OF VOUCHERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16595, 19 July 1917, Page 4
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