(MENAFN- AzerNews)
Nazrin Abdul
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In 2023, auditing organizations and independent auditors in
Azerbaijan completed 7,232 contracts totaling 133.2 million manats,
Azernews reports.
This represents a 20% increase in the number of contracts and a
7.1% rise in total contract value compared to 2022. The average
contract value in the audit market was 18,400 manats, up 11.85%
from the previous year.
The "Big 4" accounting firms-Deloitte, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Ernst & Young, and KPMG-were involved in 59.3% of the total
contract value and 13.8% of the contracts by number. These figures
show a slight decrease of 1.6 percentage points in contract value
share and 0.1 percentage points in the number of contracts compared
to the previous year.
In terms of contract fulfillment, 6,397 contracts worth 95.7
million manats were completed in 2023, marking increases of 32.2%
in the number of contracts and 19.8% in their total value. The
average value of fulfilled contracts was 15,000 manats, reflecting
a 10.4% rise from 2022.
There were 4,937 mandatory audit subjects in Azerbaijan in 2023,
a 4.45% decrease from the previous year. Despite this, the number
of audited institutions surged by 30.5% to 2,962, raising their
share from 40.4% to 60% of the total.
Notably, 43% of joint-stock companies (SCs) did not pass their
audits last year, an increase of 3.9% from 2022. The number of
audited SCs rose by 10.9% to 214, with their share increasing from
53.2% to 57%.
For limited liability companies (LLCs), 32% failed their audits
in 2023. There were 2,862 LLCs subject to mandatory audits, a
decrease of 7.65% from the previous year. However, the number of
LLCs that passed the audit increased by 37.05% to 1,942, raising
their successful audit rate from 45.7% to 68%.
Municipal audits saw 54% of municipalities failing their audits
last year. A total of 1,606 municipalities were subject to
mandatory audits in 2023, a 0.1% increase from 2022. The number of
audited municipalities grew by 25.05% to 744, with their share
increasing from 37.1% to 46.3%, meaning 53.7% of municipalities did
not pass their audits.
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