Audit of NFES to Cost 20% Cheaper
The National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support (NFES) under the Ministry of Economic Development signed an agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Azerbaijan LLC for the audit of its activities in 2014. The company becomes the third consecutive NFES auditor.
The cost of the contract is 23 million manat, which is 20 % less than in the previous year. An audit of the fund for the fiscal year 2012 cost about 38,940 manat.
According to the financial report, at the beginning of 2013 lending rose from 446.3 million to 542.8 million manat. Of these, 527 million manat was allocated in the form of loans.
In 2011, operating and other expenses of NFES were 536,000 manats. In 2012, these expenditures reached 583 thousand manats (+8.7 %).
International audit of the financial activity of NFES has been done over the past five years. - 08B-
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