This section contains SFAO audits related to public finance and tax issues.
With its hardship assistance, the Confederation and the cantons supported businesses that suffered a significant loss of revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic. In total, CHF 5.3 billion of public funds were distributed to some 35,000 companies.
Audit number: 22466
In 2019, the Federal IT Steering Unit (FITSU), which was part of the Federal Department of Finance (FDF), issued a directive on the tools to be used for modelling the enterprise architecture. The central tasks of FITSU's infrastructure operators were transferred to the Federal Chancellery's Digital Transformation and ICT Steering Sector (DTI) in 2021 and the FITSU was dissolved. It was the FDF's intention to switch completely to these tools by the end of 2021. They support the implementation of the federal modelling methodology.
Audit number: 22538
The Confederation uses subsidies to promote activities outside the Federal Administration that are designed to help achieve social or political objectives, which would most probably be impossible without these subsidies. The Confederation has continuously increased its subsidy payments since the mid-20th century. Today, financial assistance and subsidies, totalling CHF 48.5 billion, account for the majority of federal expenditure.
Audit number: 22537
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