Audit  Audit of the Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth (CTR)

In accordance with Section 12 of Chapter 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Office of the State Auditor has conducted a performance audit of certain activities of the Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth (CTR) for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019. The purpose of our audit was to determine whether CTR had administered its employee payroll in accordance with the six-day timeframe established in Section 148 of Chapter 149 of the General Laws and its employee expense reimbursements in accordance with its Employee Benefits & Policies Manual. We also determined whether it had administered its non-payroll expenditures in accordance with its Operations Guide and Section 4.03(1)(e) of Title 815 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations. This audit was performed at the request of the Comptroller who had been appointed February 18, 2019, Andrew Maylor. Comptroller Maylor resigned effective February 21, 2020. Subsequently, the Governor appointed William McNamara to the position of Comptroller effective February 21, 2020.

Our audit revealed no significant instances of noncompliance by CTR that must be reported under generally accepted government auditing standards.

A PDF copy of the audit of the Office of the Comptroller of the Commonwealth is available here.