Bericht über die von NKÚ und BRH durchgeführte koordinierte Prüfung der MwSt. im Rahmen der Mini-One-Stop-Shop-Regelung

Report ID: 346

Die Obersten Rechnungskontrollbehörden (ORKB) der Tschechischen Republik und der Bundesrepublik Deutschland arbeiten bereits seit vielen Jahren erfolgreich auf dem Gebiet der Umsatzsteuer zusammen und haben auch zwei koordinierte Prüfungen durchgeführt. Die beiden ORKBn beschlossen, sich erstmals mit dem Thema E-Commerce und Umsatzsteuer zu befassen, wobei sie aktuelle wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen aufgriffen und eine gemeinsame Prüfung durchführten. Prüfungsgegenstand war die Besteuerung von digitalen Dienstleistungen, die von EU-Unternehmen an private Verbraucher in der Europäischen Union erbracht werden. Die Prüfung umfasste den Zeitraum vom 1. Januar 2015 bis zum 30. Juni 2017.

Ziel der Prüfung war es, zu untersuchen:

- wie die Steuerbehörden der beiden Länder ihrer EU-Verpflichtung zur Umsetzung des MOSS nachgekommen sind;

  - aufkommende Schwierigkeiten bei der Umsetzung; und

 - inwieweit das MOSS-System geeignet ist, die Erhebung der Umsatzsteuer sicherzustellen. Beide ORKBn fassten ihre Erkenntnisse in nationalen Berichten zusammen und verfassten auf dieser Grundlage den gemeinsamen Bericht.

Bericht auf Englisch: https://intosai-cooperativeaudits.org/catalog/report/report-on-the-coordinated-audit-carried-out-by-nk-and-brh-on-vat-under-the-mini-one-stop-shop-scheme

Quelle: https://www.nku.cz/assets/publications-documents/other-publications/joint-report-vat-under-moss-scheme-2019-de.pdf

Síntesis Ejecutiva - Auditoría Coordinada Evaluación de Fondo para la convergencia estructural del Mercosur

Report ID: 355

El Fondo para la Convergencia Estructural del Mercosur (Focem) se creó mediante la Decisión 45/2004 del Consejo del Mercado Común (CMC) con la finalidad de profundizar el proceso de integración regional en el Cono Sur. Está destinado a financiar proyectos que se encuadren dentro de los cuatro objetivos dispuestos en el artículo 1º de la Decisión CMC 18/2005.

En noviembre de 2008, la Organización de las Entidades de Fiscalización Superiores de los Países del Mercosur y Asociados (EFSUR) aprobó un Plan de Acción para el período de 2009 a 2011 que estableció como objetivo, entre otros, la armonización de métodos y procedimientos de control para la realización de auditorías coordinadas, identificando el Fondo para la Convergencia Estructural del Mercosur (Focem) como objeto prioritario para su actuación fiscalizadora.  

En una primera etapa, las EFS de Argentina, de Brasil y de Paraguay efectuaron, en 2009, un diagnóstico preliminar de la gestión y de los mecanismos de control del Focem. Los riesgos identificados durante ese relevamiento – en especial la ausencia de auditorías internas o externas de los proyectos financiados por el Fondo – pusieron en evidencia la importancia de la realización, en 2010, de una auditoría coordinada. 

La auditoría coordinada se diseñó para identificar lagunas de fiscalización, necesidades de control de las transferencias de los Estados miembros y fragilidades en el gerenciamiento de los proyectos.

Dichas cuestiones de auditoría permitieron una evaluación amplia de la situación del Focem. Las EFS de Argentina y de Brasil abordaron todas las cuestiones de auditoría, siendo que las últimas cuatro se refirieron al Programa de Acción Mercosur Libre de Fiebre Aftosa (PAMA), un proyecto pluriestatal. Por otro lado, la EFS de Paraguay priorizó las últimas cuatro cuestiones, realizando un examen documental de los proyectos en ejecución en Paraguay en 2010 e inspecciones in situ de un proyecto seleccionado por muestreo, la Rehabilitación y mejoramiento de carreteras de acceso y circunvalación del Gran Asunción. Los trabajos de campo se realizaron entre marzo y agosto de 2010.

Fuente: http://docplayer.es/14329489-Sintesis-ejecutiva-auditoria-coordinada-evaluacion-del-fondo-para-la-convergencia-estructural-del-mercosur-focem.html

Joint Report on the Results of the International Audit on Waste Management and Utilization

Report ID: 366

The International Coordinated Audit on Waste Management and Utilization was conducted in the framework of the EUROSAI Working Group on the Audit of Funds Allocated to Disasters and Catastrophes. The purposes of the national audits – were to assess the state and efficiency of the waste management system in the countries participants of the audit.

The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) of Moldova, Serbia and Ukraine participated in the audit. The SAI of Ukraine was the audit coordinator, The aim of national audits was to assess the state and effectiveness of the waste management system in countries of SAIs– participants of the international audit. The scope of the audit comprised from 2015-2018.

The results of the national audits conducted in the field of household, industrial and other hazardous waste, which can pose a serious threat to human health and the environment, as well as lead to environmental and man-made disasters, showed: for those countries, whose SAIs participated in the audit, common inconsistencies/gaps and problems within existing waste management systems

The results of the cooperative audit indicate the need to strengthen the governments’ efforts to move from the existing linear economy to a circular economy based on the maximum processing of waste generated in the territories of countries as well as the creation of an integrated waste management system in accordance with the EU “waste management hierarchy” in order to reduce the negative impact on the environment, public health and prevent the occurrence of environmental and man-made disasters.

Fuente:  EUROSAI Database of Audits -  https://www.eurosai.org/en/databases/audits/Joint-Report-on-the-Results-of-the-International-Audit-on-Waste-Management-and-Utilization/

Executive Summary Renewable Sources – Coordinated Audit

Report ID: 369

The Latin American and Caribbean Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (OLACEFS), through the Public Works Audit Working Group (GTOP), chose the topic of renewable energies in the electricity sector to carry out a coordinated audit. Due to the importance of the expansion of renewable energy for mitigating the effects of climate change, this audit had the technical support through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ), within the scope of the project Strengthening External Control in the Environmental Area.

The Supreme Audit Institutions of Brazil (Coordinator), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay and Venezuela participated in the joint work. This made it possible to promote an exchange of information on the energy policies adopted in each country and a subsequent consolidation of the results of the audit, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of strategies aimed at expanding clean sources in the electricity matrix.

The purpose of the audit was to evaluate the public policies for the inclusion of renewable sources in the electricity generation mix of the participating countries, including the international commitments assumed, as well as related governmental guidelines, especially identifying good practices and opportunities for improvement in these policies, so as to contribute to the achievement of the commitments assumed through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the Paris Agreement.

The specific objectives addressed by the coordinated audit were:

1) To identify the current situation of the electricity matrix in each of the OLACEFS participating member countries;

2) To evaluate whether there are public policies in place to achieve national and/or international commitments for the expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector, especially for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement;

3) Analyze investments in infrastructure for the generation of sustainable electrical energy (water, wind, solar, biomass, tidal, etc.) and possible existing barriers to the insertion/expansion of this infrastructure, especially in relation to aspects related to operational challenges, regulatory issues, subsidy and promotion policies, energy security, energy prices, tariff modulation, among others. The report contains good practices.

* The executive summary is available in Portuguese and Spanish on this catalogue.

Source: https://portal.tcu.gov.br/data/files/FE/42/A0/E2/A500371055EB6E27E18818A8/Energias_renovaveis_ingles.pdf

Summary report of the results of the Cooperative Audit of the management of water sources in Mekong River Basin in line with the implementation of the SDGs

Report ID: 402

With the aim of affirming the role, position and efforts of ASOSAI Community in fulfilling the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,  a cooperative audit on the management of water resources in Mekong River Basin was  approved at the 55th ASOSAI Governing Board Meeting on July 27, 2020.

The SAIs of  Vietnam (coordinator), Thailand and Myanmar, three of the six countries that share the Mekong River Basin participated in the audit. The three SAIS worked closely together to reach a concensus to sign the Statement of Commitment and Terms of Reference for the cooperative audit on December 12, 2020.

The audit was performed in a context where  the whole basin is facing enormous challenges and negative impacts of climate changes, environmental degradation as well as unsustainable management, exploitation and use of water resources which potentially have a significant effect on the daily lives of more than 65 million people.

The audit was aimed to assess whether the countries concerned have fulfilled the commitments linked to the implementation of SDGs in the Mekong River Basin. The SAIs of Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar effectively applied the audit approaches which were modern and suitable with international audit practices such as IDI’s SDG Audit Model (ISAM) and Whole-of-Government approach.

The participating SAIs created a mechanism for information exchange and close cooperation with INTOSAI’s Knowledge Sharing Committee (KSC), experts from SAIs of Malaysia, Indonesia, the World Bank (WB) and Canadian Audit and Accountability Foundation (CAAF) in training activities for the audit.

Source: Kindly shared by the SAI of Vietnam-