As of March 2021, there were 101 audits filed before 2020 that remained outstanding, Tara Clemett said in her most recent report this week.
“Unless we go through these 101 audits, we won’t know what’s owed to us, or we owe them,” she said in an interview.
Clemett said audits done by the ministry in 2019-20 found more than $21 million in taxes and royalties were owed to the Saskatchewan Party government from natural resource companies. It also found more than $8 million needed to be returned to some producers. The auditor first raised concerns about the backlog in 2019. At the time she made five recommendations to streamline the work, ensure accountability and to make sure data from companies was accurate, complete and reliable.“They do need a bit of a clear, long-term plan,” Clemett said. “When I look at the current pace they’re going ⦠this can be quite a while for them to catch up.
“We’ve made progress on every recommendation for sure,” Kistner said Wednesday. “We expect the next provincial auditor process to see progress across the board.”“We should be collecting those dollars and getting them into accounts in a timely way so they can be deployed for affordability,” finance critic Trent Wotherspoon said.
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