The audit, conducted by an independent auditor on behalf of the municipalities' own auditors, shows that the municipality's register of suppliers has not been updated. More than 500 companies in the register were not approved for F-tax, and some companies were included in the register even though they no longer exist.

The audit is critical

The municipality has drawn up several measures that will be decided upon at the municipal council's meeting next week. The shortcomings were first discovered in 2016, and the chair of the municipal auditors is critical.

- Of course it's not good at all. It has taken far too long, says the municipal audit chairman Ann-Marie Wigertz (M).

- There is ongoing work on following up routines, so it is not that the work has stopped. Possibly a lack of resources in the finance function has been a reason, says Urban Granström (S) chairman of the local council.

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