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By type of irregularity
The Auditor-General groups findings into types such as cash, tax, payroll and contracts. This page adds them up across reports.
2024 mix, all reports combined
All types
Debts and loans dwarf everything else
Excluding debts and loans
The same data, rescaled so the rest is visible
One type over time
Choose a type to see which reports it came from, 2015–2024
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| Type | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debts/Loans | GH¢2,783,122,878.61 | GH¢309,167,461.47 | GH¢11,827,581,602 | GH¢1,803,479,900 | GH¢4,868,023,214 | GH¢11,179,728,585 | GH¢16,393,696,598 | GH¢15,063,440,090 | GH¢8,729,103,362 | GH¢12,734,895,530 |
| Tax | GH¢683,176,991.52 | GH¢67,554,607.63 | GH¢663,812,000.08 | GH¢4,794,525,603.25 | GH¢2,868,239,061.72 | GH¢724,551,514.02 | GH¢1,013,381,046.14 | GH¢1,261,539,610.81 | GH¢2,160,326,384.5 | GH¢1,660,084,515.66 |
| Contract | GH¢69,552,212.68 | GH¢37,216,122.86 | GH¢109,781,845.62 | GH¢247,678,789.42 | GH¢283,743,261.5 | GH¢324,795,148.83 | GH¢380,581,505.36 | GH¢54,032,074.96 | GH¢229,172,337.95 | GH¢1,089,218,777.15 |
| Cash | GH¢313,623,544.73 | GH¢2,410,282,988.75 | GH¢385,243,043.2 | GH¢1,568,264,053.34 | GH¢555,589,270.22 | GH¢1,888,270,437.85 | GH¢571,388,656.3 | GH¢108,806,760.49 | GH¢129,817,294.17 | GH¢4,824,312,929.18 |
| Procurement/Stores | GH¢22,205,146.7 | GH¢175,917,655 | GH¢75,661,453.1 | GH¢39,887,910.09 | GH¢127,833,078.99 | GH¢891,771,573.05 | GH¢311,864,009.78 | GH¢46,621,632.82 | GH¢60,821,019.69 | GH¢348,754,665.3 |
| Payroll | GH¢3,552,904.13 | GH¢5,061,557.39 | GH¢7,694,008.01 | GH¢7,472,146.9 | GH¢67,973,197.5 | GH¢15,550,715.34 | GH¢18,751,259.16 | GH¢37,099,015.23 | GH¢28,368,713.01 | GH¢72,267,874.08 |
| Rent | GH¢115,505.93 | GH¢9,049,212.49 | GH¢94,472 | GH¢3,941,756 | GH¢43,467,634 | GH¢29,576,414 | GH¢7,710,925 | GH¢2,142,523 | GH¢1,814,259 | GH¢12,297,765 |
| Sanitation | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢0 | GH¢80,500 | GH¢649,416 |
What each type means
Debts/LoansMoney owed to institutions that has not been collected: loans, staff and trade debtors, inter-agency debts.
TaxTaxes not collected, withheld or paid over to the Ghana Revenue Authority.
ContractOverpayments, payments for work not done, and delayed or abandoned projects.
CashPayments without supporting documents, unaccounted revenue, misused funds.
Procurement/StoresGoods paid for but not supplied, breaches of procurement law, unaccounted stores and fuel.
PayrollSalaries paid to people who had left, were never employed, or were overpaid.
RentRent owed to the state and not collected.
SanitationPayments for sanitation or fumigation services not delivered.