Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick announced his office began a regularly scheduled audit of Montgomery County, located in eastern Missouri. The county was most recently audited in 2016.
The previous audit, which gave a rating of poor, identified issues with the county’s sales tax procedures, as well as problems with the segregation of accounting duties in several county offices and the need to increase security to protect electronic data. A follow-up report issued in 2018 found that county officials had made progress on, and in many cases fully implemented, the recommendations in the audit.
Individuals may provide confidential information for consideration during the audit to the State Auditor’s Whistleblower Hotline at 800-347-8597, by email at [email protected], or by visiting the Missouri State Auditor’s website.
