The role of state finance audit in the system of accounting and analytical support of the state funds management system

Abstract

During the period of martial law, the problem of the need for constant control over state finances in connection with their limitations and the importance of effective use became important. The issues of the activities of audit firms and the effective organization of audits are constantly in the focus of attention of scholars. The purpose of the article was to substantiate the theoretical aspects and provide scientific and practical recommendations aimed at improving the audit of state finances. The method of induction was used at the stage of collecting, systematizing and processing information for conducting research, deduction – in the process of theoretical understanding of the main questions and problems of the audit of state finances and the search for the root causes of their occurrence, generalization – during the identification of the main features and properties of the system of accounting and analytical support of the audit of state finances, methods of comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstract-logical method. Scientific works were summarized and analysed in order to determine the essence of important components of scientific research, in particular: audit of state finances, state financial audit, accounting and analytical information, accounting and analytical support and the main components of an effective system of management and control over state finances were determined. The main components of financial control in the public sector of Ukraine are schematically presented, and the place of public finance audit as a component of state financial control is determined. The need to distinguish the concepts of “audit of state finances” and “state financial audit” was discussed. The main conditions that contribute to the creation of an effective system of management and control over state funds are highlighted. Common and distinctive features of control over state funds in Ukraine and foreign countries are identified. The main problems and shortcomings of the system of management of state funds are identified and recommendations for their solution are provided. The results of the study can be used by all state enterprises that are looking for new approaches in management and strive for the effective distribution of state funds in the conditions of martial law